SOLUTION: What is the length and width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 40 feet and an area of 84 square feet?

SOLUTION: What is the length and width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 40 feet and an area of 84 square feet?

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Question 929542: What is the length and width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 40 feet and an area of 84 square feet?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Substituting,

into the perimeter equation,

Two solutions:

Then,

and

and

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