SOLUTION: The width of a rectangular picture is one-half the length. The perimeter of the rectangle is 72 inches. Find the length of the picture.
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Question 374221: The width of a rectangular picture is one-half the length. The perimeter of the rectangle is 72 inches. Find the length of the picture.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
l = length, w = l/2. Then PERIMETER = 2l + 2(l/2) = 72.
2l + l = 72, or 3l = 72, or l = 24 inches, the length of the rectangular picture, and w = 24/2 = 12 inches, the width of the picture.
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