SOLUTION: A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. if the area is 125 square feet, find its perimeter.
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Question 316707: A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. if the area is 125 square feet, find its perimeter.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the width. Then 
must represent the length. The area is the length times the width.
Solve for to get the width. Multiply by 5 to get the length.
Then calculate the perimeter using:
\ +\ 2x)
John
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