SOLUTION: If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 44 yards and the length is 36 feet. What is the width of the house?

>>...If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 44 yards

and the length is 36 feet. What is the width of the house?

We can either change yards to feet, or feet to yards...<<

1.  Changing yards to feet.

Perimeter = 44 yards = 44(3 feet) = 132 feet

      Perimeter = 2(Length + Width)

              P = 2(L + W)

            132 = 2(36 + W)          

            132 = 72 + 2W

       132 - 72 = 2W 

             60 = 2W

             30 = W

So the width is 30 feet.

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2.  Changing feet to yards.

Length = 36 feet = 36(1/3 yard) = 12 yards

    Perimeter = 2(Length + Width)

              P = 2(L + W)

             44 = 2(12 + W)          

             44 = 24 + 2W

        44 - 24 = 2W 

             20 = 2W

             10 = W

So the width is 10 yards.

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10 yards and 30 feet are the same length.

Edwin