SOLUTION: Please help. The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 42 m, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 105355: Please help. The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 42 m, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Thank-You Answer by vertciel(183) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let w be the width.
Width = w meters
Length = 3 + 2w meters
Perimeter = 2L + 2W
42 = 2(3 + 2w) + 2w
= 6 + 4w + 2w
36 = 6w
6w = 36
w = 6 meters
Length should be quite easy to find.
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