SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 3 more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 58 centimeters. What are the rectangle's dimensions?
Directions: Write a system of equation
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Question 366314: The length of a rectangle is 3 more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 58 centimeters. What are the rectangle's dimensions?
Directions: Write a system of equations to represent the situation. Then solve the system by substitution.
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be x cm
length will be x+3 cm
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Perimeter = 2*(L+W)
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2*(x+x+3)=58
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2*(2x+3)=58
/2
(2x+3)=29
-3
2x+3-3=29-3
2x=26
/2
x=13 ----- the width
length = x+3=13+3=16 cm.
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