Question 1109579: The rectangle shown has a perimeter of 112 cm and the given area. Its length is 6 more than four times its width. Write and solve a system of equations to find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I do not need "the given area" or a system of equations.
I do not even need to write an equation to see that
it is a 46cm by 10cm rectangle. It is as y mental math.
The equation I would write (if someone asked for one) is
 where  is the width in cm.
Of course, length is  (6 more than 4 times the width).
Maybe the system of equations you ate expected to write is
 ,
with L and W being length and with respectively.
To solve,
you would substitute  for L in 
to get  ,
 ,
 ,
 ,
 ,
 , and
 .
Then, substituting  for W in  ,
you would find
 ,  a,d  .
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