SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 7 more than 3 times its width.The perimeter of the rectangle ( the sum of the measure of all of its sides) is 38 meters. What is its length?

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Question 840638: The length of a rectangle is 7 more than 3 times its width.The perimeter of the rectangle ( the sum of the measure of all of its sides) is 38 meters. What is its length?
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The length of a rectangle is 7 more than 3 times its widthhighlight_green%28x%29 .

Question states***The perimeter is 38m

 2(3x+7m) + 2x = 38m

 6x + 14 + 2x = 38m

       8x = 24

        x = 3m, the width.  the length is 16m    3%2A%283m%29+%2B+%287m%29

CHECKING our answer***

2%2A3m+%2B+2%2A16m+=+38m

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