SOLUTION: A rectangular room is three times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 48 meters. Find the width of the room.
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Question 1050046: A rectangular room is three times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 48 meters. Find the width of the room. Answer by satyareddy22(84) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let l be the lenghth and b be the width.
A rectangular room is three times as long as it is wide.
=> l = 3b-------(1)
perimeter=48m
but perimeter of rectangle =2(l+b)
so, 2(l+b)=48
l+b=24-----------(2)
solving (1) & (2)
b = 6m
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