SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is six times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 150 yd 2 , find its perimeter.

SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is six times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 150 yd 2 , find its perimeter.

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Question 202909: The length of a rectangle is six times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 150 yd 2 , find its perimeter.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The perimeter of a rectangle is given by:

But if we let

represent the width, then

represents the width. Therefore the perimeter is:

Now all you need is the value of

The area of a rectangle is given by:

and we know the area is 150,

so

Solve for

and multiply by 14.

John

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