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Question 691345: The length of a rectangle is 20 meters longer than the width. The perimeter must be between 80 and 100 meters. What are the possible values for the width of the rectangle? Answer by mouk(232) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let = width of rectangle, then length =
so, perimeter = =
but, The perimeter must be between 80 and 100 meters
so
consider, then
so
so
Now consider
so
so
Hence solution is
