SOLUTION: The leght of a rectangular road sing is 2 feet less than three times its width. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 28 feet.

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Question 509951: The leght of a rectangular road sing is 2 feet less than three times its width. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 28 feet.
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Did you use your spell randomizer on this one? And what is a 'road sing'? Not that it matters. Assuming you meant that the length is 2 feet less than three times the width, the dimensions of any rectangular fernblatz with the given proportions and given that the perimeter is 28 feet are found by using the formula for the perimeter:



Here's what we know:



and



So put what we know into the formula:



Solve for and then calculate

John

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