SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular is three more than the width. If the perimiter is 50, what is length and width?

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Question 760347: The length of a rectangular is three more than the width. If the perimiter is 50, what is length and width?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the length of a rectangular be and the width
the perimeter is
if the length of a rectangular is more than the width, then
if the perimiter is , then =>=>

..substitute

....solve for



now find




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