SOLUTION: If a rectangle has a perimeter of 70 feet what could the measurements for length and width be?

Question 334548: If a rectangle has a perimeter of 70 feet what could the measurements for length and width be?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is . In this case, the perimeter is so this means that . From here, we can divide every term by 2 to get .

Now solve for either L or W. I'm going to solve for L to get . From here, plug in positive values of W that are less than 35 to generate corresponding values of L

Ex: Plug in to get . So a rectangle with a width of 4 feet and a length of 31 feet has a perimeter of 70 feet.

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