Questions on Geometry: Rectangles answered by real tutors!

Algebra -> Algebra -> Rectangles -> Questions on Geometry: Rectangles answered by real tutors! Log On

Ad: Algebrator™ solves your algebra problems and provides step-by-step explanations!
Ad: Algebra Solved!™: algebra software solves algebra homework problems with step-by-step help!

Geometry: Rectangles

Solvers

Lessons

Problems, free tutors

Quiz

In Depth

Tutors Answer Your Questions about Rectangles (FREE)

Question 107219: The Perimeter of a rectangle is 24 inches.Find the dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its widths.
Click here to see answer by acchs_cheerleader(6)

Question 107334: Find the area of a rectangle with length 4 and diagonal 5.
Click here to see answer by elima(1433)

Question 14137: A RECTANGLE HAS A SQUARE CUT FROM IT.
THE PART LEFT BEHIND (ANOTHER RECTANGLE) IS SIMILAR TO (THAT IS, SCALED VERSION OF) THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE.
IF THE BREADTH OF THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE IS 1 WHAT IS THE LENGTH (TO 3 DECIMAL PLACES)?
COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO GO ABOUT ANSWERING THE ABOVE MATHS PROBLEM?
THE ANSWER I GET IS 1.134 IS THAT CORRECT!
PLEASE HELP!
Click here to see answer by mathnoob(8)

Question 107782: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 20 ft and the width is 6ft, find its length.[hint the perimeter of a rectangle is given by P=2L+2W.]
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 107935: The diagonal of a rectangle is 2 ft longer than its length and 5 feet longer than its width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
Click here to see answer by MathLover1(1183)

Question 108294: the area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards. The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in feet.
Click here to see answer by bucky(1732)

Question 108301:
The area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards. The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in yards?
Click here to see answer by bucky(1732)

Question 108301:
The area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards. The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in yards?
Click here to see answer by chitra(359)

Question 109136: Suppose that the length of a rectangle is 3 inches longer than the width and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 78.Set up an equation involving only L, the length of the rectangle.Solve this equation algebraically to find the length of the rectangle. Find the width as a slope

Click here to see answer by MathLover1(1183)

Question 109414: the area of the rectangle shown below is 2(3x-2)/x-1. find the width. 2x+6/12x-15 is the length of the rectangle.
Click here to see answer by chitra(359)

Question 109800: Find the diagonal of a rectangle with 5 in. width and 7 in. length
Click here to see answer by kmcruz09(38)

Question 109800: Find the diagonal of a rectangle with 5 in. width and 7 in. length
Click here to see answer by bucky(1732)

Question 109972: 3. A family decides to build a small basketball court in their backyard so their children can play at home. A concrete pad is to be poured that is ½ foot thick, and has dimensions of 15 feet by 15 feet. One cubic yard is equivalent to twenty-seven feet cubed. How many cubic yards of concrete must be poured? Round to the nearest cubic yard. Show all work to receive full credit.
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(3013)

Question 110312: a rectangle is 9.2 meters wide and has a area of 280.6 square meters. What is the length of the rectangle
Click here to see answer by jayanthihemkos@yahoo.com(87)

Question 110311: the perimeter of a rectangle can be found by using the formula p= 2l+ 2w where l is the length and w is the width of a rectangle. what is the width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 50 meters and a length of 16 meters?
Click here to see answer by praseenakos@yahoo.com(417)

Question 110310: find the volume of a cylinder with height of 17.5 and 23 feet diameter
Click here to see answer by jayanthihemkos@yahoo.com(87)

Question 110310: find the volume of a cylinder with height of 17.5 and 23 feet diameter
Click here to see answer by praseenakos@yahoo.com(417)

Question 110788: A rectangle flower garden, 7m by 6 m, is surrounded by a grass strip of uniform width. If the total area of the garden and the grass strip is 90m, what is the width of the strip?
Click here to see answer by MathLover1(1183)

Question 111308: A rectangle has sides of 4x – 4 and 8x + 10. Find the expression that represents its perimeter.
Click here to see answer by HyperBrain(694)

Question 111331: The width of a rectangle is 6km less than twice its length. If its area is 216km, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Here's what I came up with:
2x-6=216
2x-6+6=216+6
2x=222
x=111
I'm not sure about this. word problems stump me sometimes.
Click here to see answer by scott8148(3385)

Question 111466: wat is the measure of the diagonal of a rectangle with dimensions 17&10?
Click here to see answer by elima(1433)

Question 111829: Find the area of the rectangle or square.
This shape is a rectangle
The right side is = 3/4 ft
The bottom side is = 3/8 ft
Any help wtih this equation would be Greatly appreciated.
Click here to see answer by jim_thompson5910(13794)

Question 111862: The area of a rectangle of length x is given by 3x^2+5x. Find the width of the rectangle. Help please I do not understand this.
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 112225: Rectangle ABCD shares BC with equilateral triangle BCE. The length of CD is 4 cm, and the length of DA is 3 cm. What is the length of BE? Make a diagram if possible

Thanks I don't understand how to do this problem.
Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(2922)

Question 112309: The length of a rectangle is 5 in. more than its width. Its area is 75 sq. in. what is the length and width of the rectangle?
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 112309: The length of a rectangle is 5 in. more than its width. Its area is 75 sq. in. what is the length and width of the rectangle?
Click here to see answer by solver91311(5072)

Question 113472: The length of a rectangular parking lot is 10 feet longer than twice its width. The area of the lot is 3,600 sq. ft. Write and solve an equation for the length of the parking lot.
I wrote the equation (2W+10)*W = 3,600 sq. ft. but I do not know how to solve it.
Click here to see answer by moou_b(3)

Question 113481: Please help.

The length of a rectangle is 2 in. more than twice its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 in., find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Please show equations used for the solution.
Thanks
JMS
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 113811: is it true that a supplement of 81 degrees is 9 degrees?
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(3013)

Question 114138: The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 and its diagonal is 10. Find its length and width.
Click here to see answer by bucky(1732)

Question 114495This question is from textbook
: please help!
The length of a rectangle is 10 meters more than one-half the width. If the perimeter is 44 meters, what are the length and width?This question is from textbook

Click here to see answer by ptaylor(1578)

Question 115244: The perimeter of a square is 20 centimeters. Find the length of a diagonal.
Click here to see answer by bucky(1732)

Question 115868:
the length of a rectangle is 8 meters less than twice its width. if the diagonal of the rectangle is 20 meters find the length and width
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 115862: Please help.
A rectangular solid has a base with length 8 cm and width 3 cm. If the volume of the solid is 168 cm^3, find the height of the solid.
[Hint: The volume of a rectangular solid is given by V = LWH.]
Thanks
JMS
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 116157: HI!
please help me with this. I dont know this and have to do this stuff on my ASSIGNMENT too.

A farmer is adding a rectangular corral to the side of a barn. The barn will form one side of the rectangle. The farmer has 16 of fencing to use. Contudct an explanation to determine the dimensions of the corral with maximum area??

thanks for any help coming my way

Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 116166: Herllo! please help me with this. I am confused.
A fence is being built with material 2.8 m in length but there is an existing wall that will be used as one of the boundaries. Draw a diagram and label the demensions of the maximum rectangular area that you can enclosure with
a) 20 pieces
b) 40 pieces

thanks for any help comming this way
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 116405: is a square a rectangle?
Click here to see answer by jim_thompson5910(13794)

Question 116771: A rectangle having area 120 square meters has sides of length X+3 meters and x+10 meters. What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle?
Click here to see answer by bucky(1732)

Question 116942: find the length of a rectangle with 36cm as its diagonal
Click here to see answer by checkley71(8405)

Question 117740: The length of a rectangle is 7/8 yd, and its width is 32/49 yd. What is its area in square yards?
Please help.
Click here to see answer by MathLover1(1183)

Question 117857: Find the perimeter of a square if it measures 14 ft.
Click here to see answer by rapaljer(3625)

Question 118066: Find the area of the rectangle. Top side= square root of 3 + square root of 5 and the right side= square root of 3 + square root of 5
Click here to see answer by jim_thompson5910(13794)

Question 118113: The question is: Can a rectangle have perpendicular diagonals? The choice of answers always, sometimes and never. Explain your answer.
Click here to see answer by Earlsdon(4900)

Older solutions: 1..45, 46..90, 91..135, 136..180, 181..225, 226..270, 271..315, 316..360, 361..405, 406..450, 451..495, 496..540, 541..585, 586..630, 631..675, 676..720, 721..765, 766..810, 811..855, 856..900, 901..945, 946..990, 991..1035, 1036..1080, 1081..1125, 1126..1170, 1171..1215, 1216..1260