stinkbugg3461 stinkbugg3461
  • 14-06-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

What are the length and width of a rectangle if the length exceeds the width by 55 inches and the perimeter is 270 ​inches?

Respuesta :

altavistard
altavistard altavistard
  • 18-06-2018
Here, P = 2L + 2W, and L=W+55.  Subbing W+55 for L in P = 2L + 2W, we get:

P = 2(W+55) + 2W = 270 in
      2W + 110 + 2W = 270 in, or 4W = 160 in.  Then W=40 in, and L=(40+55)in.
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Anna is planning a big birthday bash for her sixteenth birthday party and wants to invite as many people as possible but she has a limit!  If the caterer she us
How do you solve 58ad/b ?
The leader of the pilgrims who established the plymouth colony was: select one: a. william bradford b. lord baltimore c. john calvin d. john winthrop e. roger w
How did thomas paine's pamphlet "common sense" transform american thinking about politics?
Which teeth are used for tearing food apart and are obvious in meat-eating animals?
50501.00 Scientific notation
What is two zero two four
Slope-Intercept Form
What is the time difference between the UK and the west coast of the USA?
Q # 15 please help me to resolve