SOLUTION: if the length of a rectangle is 2/5 the perimeter of the rectangle then what fraction of the rectangle's length is its width?

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Question 1057291: if the length of a rectangle is 2/5 the perimeter of the rectangle then what fraction of the rectangle's length is its width?
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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if the length of a rectangle is 2/5 the perimeter of the rectangle then what fraction of the rectangle's length is its width?
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Then the width is 1%2F10 of the perimeter,

and the fraction under the question is %28%281%2F10%29%29%2F%28%282%2F5%29%29 = 1%2F4.


Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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if the length of a rectangle is 2/5 the perimeter of the rectangle then what fraction of the rectangle's length is its width?
Let width be W

Then length = 4W

Width as a fraction of length: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+W%2F%284W%29%2C+or%2C+1%2F4%29%29