Question
The ratio of the length of a rectangle to the width is 7:2. If the total distance around the rectangle is 54 feet, what the length and with of the rectangle?
Answers
Damon
L = (7/2)w
2w+2L = 54
w+L = 27
w + (7/2) w = 27
2 w + 7 w = 27*2
9 w = 27 * 2
w = 3 * 2
2w+2L = 54
w+L = 27
w + (7/2) w = 27
2 w + 7 w = 27*2
9 w = 27 * 2
w = 3 * 2