SOLUTION: the sides of a rectangle in the ratio of 2:5 and the perimeter of the rectangle is 70 cm what is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 394356: the sides of a rectangle in the ratio of 2:5 and the perimeter of the rectangle is 70 cm what is the width of the rectangle? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the sides of a rectangle in the ratio of 2:5 and the perimeter of the rectangle is 70 cm what is the width of the rectangle?
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width: 2x
length 5x
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Perimeter = 2(width + length)
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P = 2(2x+5x)
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70 = 14x
x = 5
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width: 2x= 10 cm
length:5x= 25 cm
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It is not possibe to tell which dimension is the
width and which is the length.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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