If perimeter of a rectangle is 10x+4y8 and its breadth is 2x+y, find its length?

1 Answer
Nov 28, 2016

Length of rectangle in terms of x and y is 3x+y4.

Explanation:

If the length of a rectangle is l and breadth is b, its perimeter is 2×(l+b).

As breadth is (2x+y) and perimeter is 10x+4y8, we can write this as

2×(l+2x+y)=10x+4y8 and dividing by 2, we get

l+2x+y=5x+2y4

or l=5x+2y42xy

i.e. l=3x+y4

Hence, length of rectangle in terms of x and y is 3x+y4.