SOLUTION: the width of the door is 3.4 feet and the perimeter of the door is 22.8 feet. What is the length of the door?

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Question 727829: the width of the door is 3.4 feet and the perimeter of the door is 22.8 feet. What is the length of the door?
Answer by luvmath123(1) About Me  (Show Source):
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The perimeter of the door is all of the sides added together. Because a door is a rectangle, there are four sides. Two are the width and two are the length. We know the width is 3.4 feet and because there are two that is a total of 6.8 feet. We can use the following equation to solve for the length.
Length+Length+Width+Width=Perimeter
Length+Length+3.4+3.4=22.8
Length+Length=16
Length=8
The length is 8 feet