SOLUTION: length of a rectangle is 3 m more than 5 times the width. the perimeter is 126 m. find the length and width?

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Question 321547: length of a rectangle is 3 m more than 5 times the width. the perimeter is 126 m. find the length and width?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let width be x
length will be 5x+3
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Perimeter = 2*L+2*W
2*x+2*(5x+3)=126
2x+10x+6=126
12x=120
x=10 the width
length = 5x+3
=5*10+3
=50+3
=53