SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular room is 5 feet more than 3 times the width.Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 62 feet.

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Question 32862: The length of a rectangular room is 5 feet more than 3 times the width.Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 62 feet.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the width be "x".
Then length=3x+5
Perimeter = 2l + 2w
P = 2(3x+5)+2x
P= 8x+10=62
x=13/2
x=6.5 ft.
length = 3x+5=24.5 ft.
Cheers
Stan H.