SOLUTION: the perimeter of a rectangle is 24 feet. the width is 30 feet less than 5 times the length. find the width.

SOLUTION: the perimeter of a rectangle is 24 feet. the width is 30 feet less than 5 times the length. find the width.

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Question 255479: the perimeter of a rectangle is 24 feet. the width is 30 feet less than 5 times the length. find the width.
Answer by EMStelley(208) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the width W and the length L. Then we have:

And we know that the equation for perimeter is .
So using the substitution above, we have:

So the length is 7 feet. Thus, using our original equation for width, we have a width of 5 feet.
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