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Question 838524: Hello, I'm trying to help my son with his homework. I'm not quite sure how to go about this. Thank you for your help.
A rectangle is 4times as long as it is wide. If it were 6 meters shorter and 6 meters wider, it would be a square. What are the dimensions? thanks very much.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A rectangle is 4 times as long as it is wide. If it were 6 meters shorter and 6 meters wider, it would be a square. What are the dimensions? ------
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Let the width be "x"
Then the length is "4x"
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New dimensions:
width = x+6
length = 4x-6
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Equation to solve for "x":
Assuming it is a square the width would equal the length::
x+6 = 4x-6
3x = 12
x = 4
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Original dimensions:
width = x = 4 meters
length = 4x = 16 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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