SOLUTION: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 15 cm and its width is 3.5 cm. What is the length of the rectangle in cm?

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Question 465178: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 15 cm and its width is 3.5 cm. What is the length of the rectangle in cm?
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"If the perimeter of a rectangle is 15 cm and its width is 3.5 cm. What is the length of the rectangle in cm?"

Perimeter of a rectangle is 2(width) + 2(length)

x = length

2(3.5) + 2x = 15 {perimeter is 2(width) + 2(length)}
7 + 2x = 15 {multiplied 2 by 3.5}
2x = 8 {subtracted 7 from both sides}
x = 4 {divided both sides by 2}

length is 4 cm

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