SOLUTION: the length of a rectangle is 7 meters longer than its width what is the width of the rectangle in the perimerter is 98 meters

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Question 318496: the length of a rectangle is 7 meters longer than its width what is the width of the rectangle in the perimerter is 98 meters
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The perimeter of a rectangle is,
P=2L%2B2W=98
L%2BW=49
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L=W%2B7
Substituting,
W%2B7%2BW=49
2W=42
highlight%28W=21%29
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L=W%2B7=21%2B7
highlight%28L=28%29