SOLUTION: the length of a rectangle is 3 times the width, and the perimeter is 22. find the dimensions of the retangle. width is length is

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Question 78300: the length of a rectangle is 3 times the width, and the perimeter is 22. find the dimensions of the retangle.
width is length is

Answer by mathman409(67)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the length of a rectangle is 3 times the width, and the perimeter is 22, then all you have to do is do it algebraicly. Make the width a variable, considerably w . make length 3w.
w+3w=22
4w=22
w=22/4
w=5.5
to figure out length, do 3 * w. you get 16.5.


width is 5.5 length is 16.5

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