SOLUTION: A rectangular room is 1.8 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 27 meters. What are the dimensions of the room?

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Question 336527: A rectangular room is 1.8 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 27 meters. What are the dimensions of the room?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perimeter of a rectangle is,


Substitute,





m
Then from above,

m

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