SOLUTION: A rectangular room is 4.15 meters longer than it is wide, and its perimeter is 27.9 meters. Find the dimensions of the room.
The length is : meters and the width is met
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Question 992320: A rectangular room is 4.15 meters longer than it is wide, and its perimeter is 27.9 meters. Find the dimensions of the room.
The length is : meters and the width is meters.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the length of the room be and the width
if a rectangular room is longer than it is wide,we have
.....eq.1
and if its perimeter is we have
......eq.2....substitute for
...solve for
go back to eq.1, substitute for and solve for
.....eq.1
so, the dimensions of the room are and
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