SOLUTION: In a rectangle, the perimeter is 54 feet. The width of the rectangle is 3 feet more than half the length. What are the length and width of the rectangle?

SOLUTION: In a rectangle, the perimeter is 54 feet. The width of the rectangle is 3 feet more than half the length. What are the length and width of the rectangle?

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Question 995447: In a rectangle, the perimeter is 54 feet. The width of the rectangle is 3 feet more than half the length. What are the length and width of the rectangle?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P= 2(L+W)
L=x
W=(x/2)+3
54=2(x+(x/2)+3), units in feet
54=2x+x+6=3x+6
48=3x, subtracting 6 from both sides
x=16 feet, length.
Width is 11 feet.
The perimeter is 27*2=54 feet.
The width is three more than half the length.

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