SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is ten times as long as it's height. If the total perimeter of the rectangle is 44 inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?

Question 887525: The length of a rectangle is ten times as long as it's height. If the total perimeter of the rectangle is 44 inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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width(height): x
length of rectangle: 10x
perimeter: width +width +length +length = 44 inches
or ------- 2width+2length=44
2x+2(10x)=44
2x+20x=44
22x=44
x=2 the width is 2 inches
length:
10x
10*2
20 inches
ANSWER:
length:20 inches
width: 2 inches
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