SOLUTION: The permiter of a rectangle is twice the sum of it's length and its width. The perimiter is 34 meters and its length is is 2 meters more than twice its length.
What is the length
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Question 761664: The permiter of a rectangle is twice the sum of it's length and its width. The perimiter is 34 meters and its length is is 2 meters more than twice its length.
What is the length? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The perimeter of a rectangle is twice the sum of it's length and its width. The perimeter is 34 meters and its length is is 2 meters more than twice its length.
What is the length?
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P = 2(L + W)
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34 = 2(2W+2 + W)
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17 = 3W + 2
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3W = 15
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Width = 5 meters
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Length = 2W+2 = 12 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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