Question

The length of a rectangle is 2 more than 3 times the width. If the perimeter is 100 meters, what is the width of the rectangle?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

first time on here

Answer 3

We are given L and W are the dimensions of the rectangle where L stands for length of the rectangle and W stands for width of the rectangle.
We are also given by the first sentence that L is 2+3W
or L=2+3W
We are also given the the sum of the sides equals 100 meters->can you write this as a mathematical equation?

Answer 4

i am not that good at algebra

Answer 5

i can't make that many equations

Answer 6

sum means add
can you write an equation expressing the sum of the sides=100 meters

Answer 7

there are 4 sides in a rectangle

Answer 8

opposite sides are equal

Answer 9

can you write the mathematical equation now?

Answer 10

for the sum of the sides is 100 meter?

Answer 11

L=2+3w/100?

Answer 12

do you know what sum of the sides of the rectangle means?

Answer 13

Do you see the side measurements in the rectangle above that I drew?

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

L+W+L+W <---this is suppose to be 100
L+W+L+W is the perimeter of the rectangle (this is just the sum of all the sides)

L+W+L+W=100

combine like terms on the left hand side.

Answer 16

then sub in the other equation I gave you

Answer 17

oh ok.
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2L+2w=100
L=2+3w

Answer 18

yes sub the equation equation you have written there into the first

Answer 19

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3L+6w=100?

Answer 20

no

Answer 21

4L+6w=100

Answer 22

in the second equation do you see that L is (2+3w)
replace the first L you wrote with (2+3w)