SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 7 meters longer than its width. What is the width of this rectangle if its perimeter is equal to 86 meters? This is the last question on my test and

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Question 519453: The length of a rectangle is 7 meters longer than its width. What is the width of this rectangle if its perimeter is equal to 86 meters?
This is the last question on my test and if I don't ge tthis right I fail the test, I really need this help , it would be much appreciated thank you kindly so much!
Found 2 solutions by mananth, stanbon:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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The length of a rectangle is 7 meters longer than its width. What is the width of this rectangle if its perimeter is equal to 86 meters?
width =w
length = w+7
perimeter = 2(L+W)
perimeter = 2(w+w+7)=86
2(2w+7)=86
/2
2w+7=43
2w=43-7
2w=36
/2
w=18
...
18+18+25+25=86
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The length of a rectangle is 7 meters longer than its width. What is the width of this rectangle if its perimeter is equal to 86 meters?
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Let width be "W"
Then length is "W+7"
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Perimeter = 2(length + width)
86 = 2(W+7 + W)
43 = 2W+7
2W = 36
Width = 18 meters
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Solve for length:
length = W +7 = 25 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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