SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is three more than half the length. It’s perimetter cisb78 centimeters, find the length and width
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Question 1123766: The width of a rectangle is three more than half the length. It’s perimetter cisb78 centimeters, find the length and width
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let's the length be and width
if the width of a rectangle is three more than half the length, we have
....eq.1
if the perimeter is centimeters, we have
....eq.2
substitute from eq.1
...... solve for
go back to eq.1, substitute and solve for
....eq.1
so, the length is and width centimeters
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