SOLUTION: the perimeter of a rectangle is twice the sum of its length and its width. the perimeter is 46 meters and its length is 2 meters more than twice its width.
what is its length?
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Question 319239: the perimeter of a rectangle is twice the sum of its length and its width. the perimeter is 46 meters and its length is 2 meters more than twice its width.
what is its length? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let width be x
twice the width = 2x
Length = 2x+2
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2(2x+2)+2x=46
4x+4+2x=46
6x+4=46
6x=42
x=7 meters the width
length = 2x+2 = 2*7+2=16 meters
