SOLUTION: A rectangle has the perimeter of 146 inches, a lenght of 49 inches, and a width of 2x. What is the value of x?
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Question 271527: A rectangle has the perimeter of 146 inches, a lenght of 49 inches, and a width of 2x. What is the value of x?
Answer by andriana121(7) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To get the perimeter you add both lengths and both widths. Which is also seen as:
Now plug in the length for l, and the width for w:
Now you need to mulitply to get rid of the parenthesis:
Subtract 98 from both sides:
Divide by 4 on both sides:
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