SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 7 inches longer than it is wide. If the perimeter is 38 inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle? width? length?
answer can not be in mixed nu
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Question 1156641: The length of a rectangle is 7 inches longer than it is wide. If the perimeter is 38 inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle? width? length?
answer can not be in mixed numbers
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if the length of a rectangle is inches longer than it is wide , we have
.....eq.1
if the perimeter is inches, we have
......substitute from eq.1
go to
.....eq.1, ....substitute
the dimensions of the rectangle are: the length is and the width is
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