SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is 3 inches less than the length. The perimeter is 46 inches. Find the length and the width.
The length is
inches and the width is
inches.
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The length is
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Question 1001685: The width of a rectangle is 3 inches less than the length. The perimeter is 46 inches. Find the length and the width.
The length is
inches and the width is
inches. Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source):
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Make the length = 'x'
width = x - 3
Perimeter of a rectangle
= 2(length) + 2(width)
46 inches = 2(x) + 2(x - 3)
46 inches = 2x + 2x - 6
collect like terms:
4x = 46 + 6
4x = 52
x = 13 inches
Length is 13 inches
Width is 10 inches
Hope this helps :-)
