The length of a rectangle is five times its width. If the perimeter is at most 96 centimeters, what is the greatest possible value for the width? 2w + 2 • (5w) ≤ 96

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evanhelps · Answer

Greatest possible value for the width is 40.

evanhelps · Answer

Here's how I did it:
The width is 5 times the length (the width is represented by w) and the perimeter is 96.
So if you draw a rectangle and label the width 5w and the length w, and add them together, you get 12w=96.|dw:1398736103687:dw|

evanhelps · Answer

So solve the equation 12w=96, and you get w=8. So if w=8, and the width is equal to 5w, you multiply w by 5 and get 40.

evanhelps · Answer

To check it you can add 40+40+8+8=96

anonymous · Answer

thanks c:

evanhelps · Answer

Welcome :)

anonymous · Answer

my friend was way off xD

evanhelps · Answer

Yeah for some reason that one took me a while to do.

anonymous · Answer

Well it helped a ton cx I'm Vic btw c: