The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. If the length were increased by 2 inches and the width by 1 inch, the new perimeter would be 62 inches. What is the width and length of the rectangle?
1 Answer
Mar 27, 2018
Length is
Explanation:
Ill use
First it is given that
New length and breadth is
Also new perimeter is
So,
or,
Now we have two relations between
Substitute first value of
We get,
Putting this value of
So length is