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18 July, 04:58

Perimeter is 140 meters, length is 30 meters greater than the width. How do I Find the dimensions

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  1. 18 July, 06:33
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    Well I am assuming this is a rectangle. in a rectangle:

    perimeter = 2 * width + 2 * length

    We are told that:

    length = width + 30

    We can substitute out known value for length into the top equation:

    perimeter = 2 * width + 2 * length

    perimeter = 2 * width + 2 * (width + 30)

    We are told that:

    perimeter = 140

    We can also sub that in:

    perimeter = 2 * width + 2 * (width + 30)

    (140) = 2 * width + 2 * (width + 30)

    (140) = 2w + 2w + 60

    80 = 4w

    20 = w

    We know width and we can sub in for our 2nd equation we made above:

    length = width + 30

    length = 20 + 30

    l = 50

    We can check by plugging in our answers to the top equation:

    perimeter = 2 * width + 2 * length

    140 = 2 * 20 + 2 * 50

    140 = 140

    it is correct
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