SOLUTION: In a diagram of a rectangle the lenght on the top is 1(x+9)/3 and the lenght below is x-1/2.The width is x/4. Could you help me find the value of 'x' and also the lenght and the w

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Question 730693: In a diagram of a rectangle the lenght on the top is 1(x+9)/3 and the lenght below is x-1/2.The width is x/4.
Could you help me find the value of 'x' and also the lenght and the width.
Thanks.
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In a diagram of a rectangle the length on the top is 1(x+9)/3 and the length below is x-1/2. The width is x/4.
Could you help me find the value of 'x' and also the length and the width.
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If the length on the top and the length on the bottom
are as you have indicated,
(1(x+9)/3 = (x-(1/2)
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x+9 = 3x-(3/2)
2x = 10.5
x = 5.25
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Then the length is x-1/2 = 5.25-(1/2) = 4.75
and the width is x/4 = 5.25/4 = 1.3125
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Cheers,
Stan H.