SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 1cm more than four times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 22cm, what are its dimesions?

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Question 356750: The length of a rectangle is 1cm more than four times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 22cm, what are its dimesions?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let width be x cm
length = 4x+1
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Perimeter = 2(L+W)
22=2(4x+1+x)
22=2(5x+1)
22=10x+2
10x=20
x= 2 cm width
length = 4x+1 = 8+1=9 cm
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9*2+2*2=22
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