SOLUTION: What is the length of a room that is 2 meters longer than it is wide and the perimeter is 24? This is not from the textbook

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Question 197944: What is the length of a room that is 2 meters longer than it is wide and the perimeter is 24? This is not from the textbook
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What is the length of a room that is 2 meters longer than it is wide and the
perimeter is 24?
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let x = the width
let L = the length
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"length of a room that is 2 meters longer than it is wide"
L = x + 2
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Perimeter:
2L + 2x = 24
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Replace L with (x+2)
2(x+2) + 2x = 24
2x + 4 + 2x = 24
4x = 24 - 4
4x = 20
x = 20%2F4
x = 5 m is the width
then
5 + 2 = 7 m is the length
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Check solution by finding the perimeter using these values
2(7) + 2(5) = 24