document.write( "Question 54306: Here is another question I need assistance with. You have a rectangle that is 2 cm more than twice its width and the perimeter is 52 cm, what are the dimensions of this rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #36560 by fanks(6)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The rectangle has such edges: a, b, a, b where \n" ); document.write( "So the edges go like this: a, 2a + 2, a, 2a + 2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Their sum is \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One edge is 8cm, the other one is 18cm.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(Sorry, I misread the problem. Do I understand it correctly now - the rectangle's height is 2cm more than twice its width; that is rectangle's height is two times its width plus 2cm?)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So the edges go like this: a, a + 2, a, a + 2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Their sum is \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One edge is 12cm, the other one is 14cm. |