SOLUTION: The perimeter of rectangular poster is 80 inch. The length is 10 inches greater than the width. Find the length.

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Question 225266: The perimeter of rectangular poster is 80 inch. The length is 10 inches greater than the width. Find the length.
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The perimeter of rectangular poster is 80 inch. The length is 10 inches greater than the width. Find the length.

Step 1. The perimeter P means adding up all the four sides of a rectangle.

Step 2. Let w be the width.

Step 3. Let w+10 be the length since the length is 10 inches greater than the width

Step 4. Then, P=w+w+w+10+w+10=80.

Step 5. Solving yields the following steps

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YOUR ANSWER


  • This is an equation! Solutions: w=15.
  • Graphical form: Equation was fully solved.
  • Text form: w+w+w+10+w+10=80 simplifies to 0=0
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This is an equation! Solutions: w=15.

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For w=15 , then w+10=25 and P=2(15+25)=80 which is a true statement.

Step 6. ANSWER: The length is 25 inches.

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