Type the correct answer in each box. The length of a rectangle is 3 inches more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 34 inches. The length of the rectangle is inches?, and its width is? Inches.

The length is 10 inches and the width is 7 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

A rectangle is shape with 4 sides where 2 pairs of sides are equal and form 4 perpendicular angles. 1 pair of sides is the width and is distance w. 1 pair of sides id the length and is 3 inches more than the width or 3 + w. The total distance around the shape is the perimeter. We know the perimeter is 34 inches. Add each side together and set it equal to 34. Then solve for w.

P = l + l + w + w

34 = 3 + w + 3 + w + w + w

34 = 6 + 4w

28 = 4w

7 = w

This means its length which is 3 inches longer is 7 + 3 = 10.