SOLUTION: If a room is 136 square feet in perimeter. If the length of the room is 20 feet, what is the width?

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Question 749103: If a room is 136 square feet in perimeter. If the length of the room is 20 feet, what is the width?
Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter = 2 x Length + 2 x width
136 = 2 x 20 + 2 x width
136 = 40 + 2 x width
136 - 40 = 2 x width
96 = 2 x width
96/2 = width
48ft = width

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