SOLUTION: a rectangles width is one-fifth its length and its perimeter is 72m, find the dimensions?
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Question 495742: a rectangles width is one-fifth its length and its perimeter is 72m, find the dimensions?
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
W = x
L = 5x
x + 5x = 72
6x = 72
x = 12 feet = W
5(12) = 60 feet = L
12 + 60 = 72 feet.
This does check.
Cleomenius.
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