Patrick B. answered 02/03/21
Math and computer tutor/teacher
length L = 2w+3 where w is the width
w + 2w+3 + w + 2w+3 = 30
6w + 6 = 30
6w = 24
w=4
length is 2(4)+3 = 11
rectangle is 11 by 4
Ravan J.
asked 02/03/21
Patrick B. answered 02/03/21
Math and computer tutor/teacher
length L = 2w+3 where w is the width
w + 2w+3 + w + 2w+3 = 30
6w + 6 = 30
6w = 24
w=4
length is 2(4)+3 = 11
rectangle is 11 by 4
Lets say that w = width of the rectangle, to start. If the length of the rectangle is 3 meters greater than 2 times the width, the length of the rectangle is equal to 3 + 2w.
The perimeter of the rectangle is 2 * length of rectangle + 2 * width of the rectangle. With the perimeter being equal to 30 and width being w and length being 2w+3:
The perimeter of the rectangle is 2(w) + 2(2w+3) = 30.
We first need to find out w first, which will give us the width of the rectangle. Taking it step by step, we get:
Ultimately, this gets width to be 4 meters. Now that we found the width, we need to plug w = 4 into the equation we set up for length which is 2w+3. That being said, the ANSWER is:
length of rectangle = 2(4)+3 = 11 meters
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