SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 60 square feet, and it's perimeter is 34 feet. Find its dimensions. Use two unknown quantities.

Question 1116862: The area of a rectangle is 60 square feet, and it's perimeter is 34 feet. Find its dimensions. Use two unknown quantities.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a rectangle is 60 square feet, and it's [sic] perimeter is 34 feet. Find its dimensions. Use two unknown quantities.
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Find a pair of factors of 60 with a sum of 17.
PS it's = it is
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dimensions x and y

Half the perimeter is 17.

Other than algebra, you could look at factorizations for 60.
---------one of them will work!
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