SOLUTION: I need help with this equation or question please,
{{{ if a rectangle of perimeter 46 inches has a width of 8 inches, calculate the area of the rectangle}}}
thank you
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-> SOLUTION: I need help with this equation or question please,
{{{ if a rectangle of perimeter 46 inches has a width of 8 inches, calculate the area of the rectangle}}}
thank you
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! For any rectangle, we know that the perimeter is the total of all sides:
length + length + width + width
or
2(length+width) = perimeter
.
In your problem, you were given
perimeter = 46
width = 8
Therefore, if we let x = length our equation is
2(x+8) = 46
Solving for x:
(x+8) = 23
x = 15 inches (length of rectangle)
