SOLUTION: If the width of a rectangle is 4 1/3 m and the perimeter is 9 7/15 m, what is the length of the base of the rectangle?
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Question 56666: If the width of a rectangle is 4 1/3 m and the perimeter is 9 7/15 m, what is the length of the base of the rectangle?
Enter a fraction.
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the width of a rectangle is 4 1/3 m and the perimeter is 9 7/15 m, what is the length of the base of the rectangle?
Enter a fraction.
The 1st thing I would do is turn your mixed numbers into improper fractions:
width: 4 1/3=
perimeter: 9 7/15=
Length:x
The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is: , P=perimeter, W=width, and L=length
The equation you need to solve is:
Eliminate the fractions by multiplying everything by the LCD, 15:
The length is 2/5 m.
Happy Calculating!!!
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