SOLUTION: The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 m. The length is 8 meters more than twice the width. Find the length and width. Thank you in advance.

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Question 227731: The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 m. The length is 8 meters more than twice the width. Find the length and width.
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The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 m. The length is 8 meters more than twice the width. Find the length and width.

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 2w+8 be the length since the length is 8 meters more than twice the width

Step 4. Then, P=w+w+2w+8+2w+8=70.

Step 5. Solving yields the following steps

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  • This is an equation! Solutions: w=9.
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  • Text form: w+w+2w+8+2w+8=70 simplifies to 0=0
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For w=9 , then 2w+8=26 and P=2(9+26)=70 which is a true statement.

Step 6. ANSWER: The width is 9 meters and length is 26 meters.

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