SOLUTION: what are the length and width of a rectangle if the width is 27 feet less than its length, and the perimeter is 395 feet?
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Question 1038361: what are the length and width of a rectangle if the width is 27 feet less than its length, and the perimeter is 395 feet?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
width=w
length=w+27
perimeter is 2L+2w=395
2(w+27)+2w=395
4w+54=395
4w=341
w=85.25 feet
l=112.25 feet
Their sum is 197.5
double that is 395
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