Question

The area of the rectangle shown in the diagram below is 170 square feet.




2x
3x + 2


What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
27 feet
40 feet
54 feet
68 feet

Answer 1

help please

Answer 2

what do you mean with 2x and 3x+2

Answer 3

ill send you the link

Answer 4

can not see it, only you can access it

Answer 5

it didnt work but its a rectangle and the first quarter of it is 2x the other is 3x+2 and it wants me to find the perimeter

Answer 6

sorry, that information is not enough for me.

Answer 7

ok

Answer 8

Bailey I guess the sides of the rectangle are 2x and 3x + 2 ?

Answer 9

If so 170 = (2x)(3x + 2)
Which gives 170 = 6x^2 + 4x
Convert to a quadratic equation
6x^2 + 4x - 170 = 0
Factorise
which will give solutions of x as 5 or -5.6666
disregard the negative solution as you are looking at a measured length
Answer x = 5

Answer 10

That definetly makes sense, how could I not think of that :D

Answer 11

It happens to us all from time to time :)

Answer 12

...so if x = 5 the perimeter is 2(2*5) + 2([3*5] + 2)
Hence perimeter is 20 + 34 = 54 feet

Answer 13

Baily you should check one of my previous posts I did for you I found an error :(