SOLUTION: David is making a model of a rectangular solid from a piece of wire 52 inches long. The length is to be twice the width, and the height is to be 1 more inch than the width. What ar

Question 930446: David is making a model of a rectangular solid from a piece of wire 52 inches long. The length is to be twice the width, and the height is to be 1 more inch than the width. What are the dimensions of the solid?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: the system of equations you need to solve is

You can do two substitutions to go from to . Solve that for W and use that to find L and H.
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