the length of a rectangle is three times the width. the sum of the length and the width is 24 inches. what is the lengthof the rectangle

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the length of a rectangle is three times the width.  the sum of the length and the width is 24 inches.  what is the lengthof the rectangle

anonymous · Answer

What rule do you need here?

anonymous · Answer

That is the first question to ask: what RULE do I use?  What rule is used to solve this TYPE OF PROBLEM?

jigglypuff314 · Answer

put what they gave you into equations.
L = 3*W
L + W = 24
then substitute
to get  3W + W = 24    solve for W  what would you get? :)

anonymous · Answer

This is a word problem that has words that you can "translate" into algebraic terms and symbols

anonymous · Answer

Specifically, this rule states to translate the following words into the following algebraic terms and symbols:

"L":Length of rectangle
"W":Width of rectangle
"is": =
"times": x
"the sum of": +
"and": +
"what is": find