SOLUTION: Can you help me with this question? The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 feet. Find its length and width if the length is twice the width.
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Question 671374: Can you help me with this question? The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 feet. Find its length and width if the length is twice the width.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a rectangle with perimeter 
has a length 
that is 
units longer (or shorter if 
) than 
times the width, 
,
Then knowing that the Perimeter is given by:
,
make the substitution:
\ +\ 2w)
Then solve for
w\ =\ \frac{P\ -\ 2b}{2})
Substitute your values and do the arithmetic.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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