SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 8m more than 6 times the width. The perimeter is 156m. Find the width

SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 8m more than 6 times the width. The perimeter is 156m. Find the width

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Question 51839: The length of a rectangle is 8m more than 6 times the width. The perimeter is 156m. Find the width
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P=2*L+2*W OR 156=2(6L+8)+2L OR 156=12L+16+2L OR 156=14L+16 OR 14L=156-16 OR
14L=140 OR L=140/14 OR L=10 THEN W=6*10+8 OR W=60+8 OR W=68
PROOF 156=2*68=2*10 OR 156=136+20 OR 156=156
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