SOLUTION: a rectangle whose perimeter is two hundred feet has a width that is twelve feet shorther than its height. what are the dimensions of the rectangle? a rectangle's length is seven

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Question 365593: a rectangle whose perimeter is two hundred feet has a width that is twelve feet shorther than its height. what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
a rectangle's length is seven times its width the perimeter of the rectangle is two hundred and twenty four feet. what are the dimensions of the rectange?

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi,
*Note; Key to these is assigning a variable.
Let x represent the height, then the width would be (x -12)
x + x + (x -12) + (x -12) = 200ft
x = 56ft, is the height and the width 44ft (56-12)
checking our answer
2*56ft + 2* 44ft = 200ft
112ft + 88ft = 200 ft
Second Set up is:
Let x represent the width, then the length would be 7x
Let You take it from there.
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