SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 4m longer than it’s width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 32m, find it’s area
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Question 1126093: The length of a rectangle is 4m longer than it’s width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 32m, find it’s area Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Alan3354:Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
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let the length be and width
if the length of a rectangle is longer than it’s width, we have
....eq.1
if the perimeter of the rectangle is , we have
........eq.2
from eq.1 and eq.2 we have
...solve for
go to ........eq.2, plug in
