SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is six inches less than three times the width.The perimeter of the rectangle is 36 inches.What are the width and length of the rectangle?
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Question 167268: The length of a rectangle is six inches less than three times the width.The perimeter of the rectangle is 36 inches.What are the width and length of the rectangle?
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p=2(l+w) where p is the perimeter, l=length,and w=width
l=3w-6 so plugging in the know values
:
width
so length equals length
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