SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 444 feet, find the width and the length.

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Question 855659: The length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 444 feet, find the width and the length.
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The length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 444 feet, find the width and the length.

Let the width of rectangle be x
Length = 2*x - 3

Perimeter = 2*(Length + Width) = 2*(2*x - 3 + x) = 2*(3*x - 3)
= 6*x - 6 = 444 (given)


Length = 2*75 - 3 = 147

Width is  ft and length is  ft.

Hope you got it :)

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