SOLUTION: the length of a rectangle is two meters less than three times its width what is the max integer value of the length if the perimeter is less than 43 meters?

Question 882568: the length of a rectangle is two meters less than three times its width what is the max integer value of the length if the perimeter is less than 43 meters?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
and , What is maximum integer value for L?

Could this be done without graphing?

Multiply b.s. by 3.

Asked was integer MAX value for LENGTH, but not for width; width not restricted to integers. Allowing for equality perimeter with 43, we can find the width. We already found earlier, ;

, repeating 3's.
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For L to be the largest integer possible, , while .
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