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Question

A rectangle's length is 3 feet longer than its width. The perimeter is 50 feet. In feet, what is the length of the rectangle?

Answer 1

Hi Sky,

Let's use the variable , w, to represent the width of the field.

Since the length of the rectangle is 3 feet longer than the width, we can write the following expression to represent the length of the rectangle: w + 3

The perimeter is the sum of all the side measurements (which is 50 feet in this problem). This sum would be:

w + w + (w + 3) + (w + 3) = 50

Now combine like terms and use inverse operations to find the width, w :

w + w + (w + 3) + (w + 3) = 50

4w + 6 = 50

4w + 6 - 6 = 50 - 6

4w = 44

4w/4 = 44/4

w = 11

The width of the rectangle will be 11 feet.

The length of the rectangle will be w + 3 = 11 + 3

The length will be 14 feet.