SOLUTION: One side of the rectangle exceeds three times the other side by 2 centimeters. Find the length of the sides if the perimeter is 52 centimeters.

Question 1086586: One side of the rectangle exceeds three times the other side by 2 centimeters. Find the length of the sides if the perimeter is 52 centimeters.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one side of the rectangle be and the other side
if one side of the rectangle exceeds three times the other side by centimeters, we have
.....eq.1

if the perimeter is centimeters, we have:
...both sides divide by
.......eq.2...substitute from eq.1

......solve for

find

.....eq.1

so, the length of the sides are and

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