SOLUTION: One-fifth the perimeter of a building is 50 feet. The length of the building is 30 feet longer than the width. What is the area of the building?
Question 759023: One-fifth the perimeter of a building is 50 feet. The length of the building is 30 feet longer than the width. What is the area of the building? Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the perimeter of a building is .
....eq.1......the perimeter of a building
of the perimeter is ; so, the perimeter of a building is =>
then ...solve for ......eq. 1a
if the length of the building is longer than the width , than
.......plug in eq.1a
......eq. 1a....solve for
now find
the area of the building is
