SOLUTION: 1. The width of a rectangle is 10 feet less than the length, find the length of each side if the perimeter is 100 feet.

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Question 6562: 1. The width of a rectangle is 10 feet less than the length, find the length of each side if the perimeter is 100 feet.
Answer by ichudov(507) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is a question on translating english to algebrese.
Let width = W, length = L.
system%28+W+=+L-10%2C+W%2BL%2BW%2BL=100+%29+
that's a linear system:
system%28+W-L=-10%2C+2W%2B2L=100+%29+
Solved by pluggable solver: Linear System solver (using determinant)
Solve:
+system%28+%0D%0A++++1%5CW+%2B+-1%5CL+=+-10%2C%0D%0A++++2%5CW+%2B+2%5CL+=+100+%29%0D%0A++

Any system of equations:


has solution

or



(W=20, L=30}