SOLUTION: A train ticket has an area of 192 square centimeter and a perimeter of 56 centimeters. What are the dimensions of the tickets.

Question 744333: A train ticket has an area of 192 square centimeter and a perimeter of 56 centimeters. What are the dimensions of the tickets.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= length in cm
= width in cm
= area in cm2
= perimeter in cm
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(1)
(2)
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given:
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
By substitution:
(1)
(1)

and, also

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If I pick the larger answer, then
(2)
(2)
(2)
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These are the answers, because if I picked ,
then I would get for the width
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The length is 16 cm
The width is 12 cm

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