An architect is planning a rectangular courtyard. The length must be exactly 31 meters, and the perimeter can be at most 100 meters.

What values are allowed for the rectangular courtyard's width? Use w for the width (in meters), and solve your inequality for w .

Question

An architect is planning a rectangular courtyard. The length must be exactly 31 meters, and the perimeter can be at most 100 meters.

What values are allowed for the rectangular courtyard's width? Use w for the width (in meters), and solve your inequality for w .

anonymous · Answer

perimeter:p
length:l
width:w
p=2l+2w
l=31
2l=62 and p <=100
so 2l+2w=62+2w<=100
so you gotta solve w for 62+2w<=100