SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 3 more than twice its width. The perimeter is 48 feet. Find the width. Hint: You did this in Module 3 Assignment 8. Now you have to write the equation
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Question 147899: The length of a rectangle is 3 more than twice its width. The perimeter is 48 feet. Find the width. Hint: You did this in Module 3 Assignment 8. Now you have to write the equation and solve it.
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length of a rectangle is 3 more than twice its width.
1.
The perimeter is 48 feet.
In terms of length and width, the perimeter of a rectangle is,
2.
Use eq. 1 and substitute into eq. 2 for L,
2.
Now use eq. 1 to solve for L.
1.
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