You can put this solution on YOUR website! The perimeter of a rectangle is 34 m. The length is 8 m more than twice the width. Find the dimensions.
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Assign variables to things you don't know:
Let W = width
then 2W+8 = length (from:"length is 8 m more than twice the width")
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Then create your equation:
since we know that the perimeter of any rectangle is:
2(Length+width)
We generate the formula from that:
2((2W+8) + W) = 34
2(3W+8) = 34
6W + 16 = 34
6W = 18
W = 3 m
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And, we said:
2W+8 = length
2(3)+8 = length
14 m = length
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Ans:
length = 14 m
width = 3 m
