baileyneedshelp3305 baileyneedshelp3305
  • 02-03-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

The length of a rectangle is 4 cm longer than the width. if the perimeter of the rectangle is 20 centimeters, what is the area of the rectangle?

Respuesta :

mysticaldogg
mysticaldogg mysticaldogg
  • 02-03-2018
P=2(w)+2(l)

length=x+4
width=x

2(x)+2(x+4)=20
use the distributive property

2x+2x+8=20
combine like terms

4x+8=20
subtract 8 from both sides

4x=12
divide both sides by 4 to isolate x

x=3

Length=x+4=3+4= 7
Width= 3
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Llama have 74 chromosomes how many chromosomes will they be found in their gametes explain how you know
What is r i 4.5+10r=-6.5 with work pls
rue or false Siblings look simila rbecause they each have some traits of their parents.
True or False: Banks are required to make electronically deposited funds available on the same day of the deposit
PLEASE HELP, HISTORY!!!! What was Herbert Hoover and the Food Administration do in WWI?
3.4a=57.8 what is the the value of a
Troy is the CEO of a manufacturing company, and he is planning to open a new factory in his community.Because the new factory will require heavier traffic from
Find the value of x for which line a is parallel to line b
Which Roman emperor was responsible for a major shift in the dominate religious attitude of the Roman Empire?
Is British Society today better than it was 400 years ago?