SOLUTION: My homework is about making algebraic statements. Can you please help me with "A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. If it is w feet wide, how long is it? What is the perim

SOLUTION: My homework is about making algebraic statements. Can you please help me with "A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. If it is w feet wide, how long is it? What is the perim

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Question 153805: My homework is about making algebraic statements. Can you please help me with "A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. If it is w feet wide, how long is it? What is the perimeter?"
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
W=WIDTH.
THEN LENGTH=5*W.
PERIMETER=2*L+2*W
PERIMETER=2*5W+2W
PERIMETER=10W+2W
PERIMETER=12W
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