The length of a rectangle is four more than tripled the width if the perimeter is 88 inches what is the width and length

Answer 1

w represents the width

3w + 4 represents the length

44 = w + 3w + 4

40 = 4w

10 = w

What is the length?

Answer 2

10 in width

34 in length

solve 2 equations:

2L + 2W = 88

L= 4 +3W

or maybe try trial & error

if a square then L and W = 88/4 =22

if a very flat rectangle L and W < 44

22< L,W, <44

pick a number in between: midpoint = 33 then 88=2(33+W) and W=11

33 < 4+3(11) = 37 does quite work

so try 34 and 10

34 = 4+3(10)