What is the width of a rectangle if its perimeter is 216 centimeters and its width is 24 centimeters less than its length?
1 Answer
Nov 13, 2015
The width is 42 centimeters long and the length is 66 centimeter long
Explanation:
First of all, let's translate the problem into mathematical notation.
We have a rectangle whose width
The first condition is that the perimeter
The second condition is that
Now we can substitute
Let's plug