SOLUTION: A rectangle has length 7 centimeters & width of 4 centimiters. What fraction of the perimeter, in simplest form, is the width?

Question 172854: A rectangle has length 7 centimeters & width of 4 centimiters. What fraction of the perimeter, in simplest form, is the width?
Answer by colliefan(242) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perimeter is the distance around the rectangle or 2 lengths + 2 widths. The perimeter is 7+7+4+4 or 22. The width as a fraction of the perimeter is is 4/22. You can simplify by taking a factor of 2 out of both the numerator and denominator so 4/22 = 2/11. 2/11 is in simplest form.
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