SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is one meter less than three times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 30 meters, what is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 787539: The length of a rectangle is one meter less than three times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 30 meters, what is the length of the rectangle?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
width = w
length = 3w - 1
2w + 2(3w - 1) = 30
2w + 6w - 2 = 30
8w = 32
w = 4
length = 3w - 1 = 11m
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