SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem. The Width of a rectangle is 3 feet shorter than its length. The perimeter is 306 feet. Let x equal the length of the rectangle. The formula is p=
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Question 1065659: Please help me with this problem. The Width of a rectangle is 3 feet shorter than its length. The perimeter is 306 feet. Let x equal the length of the rectangle. The formula is p= 2L+2w. What is the length and the width of the rectangle? Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! w = x - 3
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306 = 2x + 2(x - 3)
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306 = 2x + 2x - 6
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4x = 312
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x = 78
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length of rectangle = 78 feet
width of rectangle = 75 feet
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306 = 2 * 78 + 2 * 75
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306 = 156 + 150
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306 = 306
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