SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular picture is 5 inches more than three times the width. Find the dimensions of the picture if its perimeter is 74 inches.

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Question 1156782: The length of a rectangular picture is 5 inches more than three times the width. Find the dimensions of the picture if its perimeter is 74 inches.
Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the width be w.

Then the length is 3w+5.

The perimeter of 74 is twice the length plus twice the width:

74+=+2%28w%29%2B2%283w%2B5%29

Solve using basic algebra....