Question 840433: The width of a rectangle is 10 m less then half the length. If the perimeter is 52 meters, find the length of each side of the rectangle. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The width of a rectangle is 10 m less then half the length. If the perimeter is 52 meters, find the length of each side of the rectangle.
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Let the length be "L":
Then the width = (1/2)L-10
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Perimeter = 2(length + width)
52 = 2(L + (1/2)L-10)
26 = (3/2)L - 10
(3/2)L = 36
Length = 24 meters
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Width = (1/2)L-10 = 2 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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