SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The perimeter is 24 units. What are the length and width?
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Question 804451: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The perimeter is 24 units. What are the length and width?
Answer by erica65404(394) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter=length+length+width+width
P=2length+2width
plug into perimeter equation to find the width
plug width into perimeter equation
The answer is: the length is 8 units and the width is 4 units.
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