SOLUTION: please explain how to answer this word problem.....the length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 174 feet, wh

Question 894369: please explain how to answer this word problem.....the length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 174 feet, what is the width and the length?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, write the equation for the perimeter of a rectangle,

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Now write the relationship between length and width,

Substitute this value into the perimeter equation and solve for .

feet
Now,

feet

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