SOLUTION: Don fenced in a rectangular garden in his yard. The length of the rectangle is 5 feet longer than the width and the perimeter is 62 feet. What is the width of the rectangle?

Question 481146: Don fenced in a rectangular garden in his yard. The length of the rectangle is 5 feet longer than the width and the perimeter is 62 feet. What is the width of the rectangle?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Don fenced in a rectangular garden in his yard. The length of the rectangle is 5 feet longer than the width and the perimeter is 62 feet. What is the width of the rectangle?
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Perimeter = 2(L + W)
Let width = W
Then length = W+5
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Equation:
62 = 2(W+5 + W)
31 = 2W+5
2W = 26
W = 13 ft.
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L = 18 ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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