SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 5 times the width. The perimeter is 84 feet. What is the length and width of a rectangle?

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Question 1049395: The length of a rectangle is 5 times the width. The perimeter is 84 feet. What is the length and width of a rectangle?
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The length of a rectangle is 5 times the width. The perimeter is 84 feet. What is the length and width of a rectangle?
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Let W = the width.
Then the length is 5W.

An equation for the perimeter

W + 5W + W + 5W = 84,  or

12W = 84.

Can you solve it?

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