SOLUTION: one side of a rectangle is three feet more than half as long as the other side and the perimeter is 21 feet what are the dimensions of the rectangle

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Question 359491: one side of a rectangle is three feet more than half as long as the other side and the perimeter is 21 feet what are the dimensions of the rectangle
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one side of a rectangle is three feet more than half as long as the other side and the perimeter is 21 feet what are the dimensions of the rectangle.
Let x, y be the sides of the rectangle.
y+=+%281%2F2%29x%2B3, and 2x%2B2y+=+21.
By substitution,
2x+%2B+2%2A%28%281%2F2%29x%2B3%29+=+21,
2x%2Bx%2B6+=+21,
3x+=+15,
x+=+5.