SOLUTION: A carpenter made a doorway that is 1 foot taller than twice the width. If she used three pieces of door edge molding with a total length of 17 feet, then what are the approximate d

Question 877013: A carpenter made a doorway that is 1 foot taller than twice the width. If she used three pieces of door edge molding with a total length of 17 feet, then what are the approximate dimensions of the doorway?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slightly distracting way to give the perimeter of 17 feet, but the emphasis is on dimensions of a rectangle.

w for width
L for length, "tallness"
Perimeter is 2w+2L=17.
The description for w and L is .

The perimeter is not an even number, so just do the substitution of L into the perimeter equation:

This means

(Fixed mistake)
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A carpenter made a doorway that is 1 foot taller than twice the width. If she used three pieces of door edge molding with a total length of 17 feet, then what are the approximate dimensions of the doorway?

Height of doorway: feet
Width of doorway: feet
You can do the check!!
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