SOLUTION: Juan would like to hang some rope lighting around the perimeter of his room. His room is in the shape of a rectangle with an area of 24 square meters. Juan knows the length of his

Question 771042: Juan would like to hang some rope lighting around the perimeter of his room. His room is in the shape of a rectangle with an area of 24 square meters. Juan knows the length of his room is 6 meters. What is the width of Juan's room? How long should the rope lighting be so that it wraps around the perimeter of his room?
Answer by Jc0110(165) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of rectangle = width x length
24 = width x 6
width = 24 � 6
width = 4 m
Perimeter = 6 + 4 + 6 + 4
Perimeter = 20 m
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