The Perimeter of a rectangle is 50. The length is 5 more than the width. Find the length and width

Question

I forgot how to set up the solving part of this, but I do have l+w=50 and l=w+5 as a way to help me organize things.

Answer 1

Yeah, the perimeter is the distance alllllll the way around.

2(l + w) = 50

l + w = 25

l = 25 - w

w + 5 = 25 - w

2w = 20

w = 10

l = 10 + 5

l = 15