SOLUTION: Compound Inequality the length of a rectangle is 9 times its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is not to exceed 240 feet, what are the possible values for x?

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Question 1175469: Compound Inequality
the length of a rectangle is 9 times its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is not to exceed 240 feet, what are the possible values for x?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    x + 9x <= 240/2

    
      10x  <= 120


        x   <= 120/10 = 12.

 
The dimensions of the rectangle are  (x,9x)  with  x <= 12 feet.

Solved.

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In your post, you did not specify variable x.

In my solution, x is the width of the rectangle (the shorter side).



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