SOLUTION: the length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than five times its width, if the perimeter is 90 feet, find the dimensions (lenth and Width). What is the area of the rectangle?
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Question 548940: the length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than five times its width, if the perimeter is 90 feet, find the dimensions (lenth and Width). What is the area of the rectangle? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! width =w
length = 5w-3
Perimeter = 2(L+W)
2(w+5w-3)=90
2(6w-3)=90
/2
6w-3=45
6w=48
/6
w=8
width = 8 feet
length = 5*8-3=37 feet
Area = L*w
Area = 8*37=296 sq.ft
