MEDAL GIVEN !A rectangular room is 1.9
times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 29
meters. Find the dimension of the room. Ive gotten several methods from others on this site, but none have helped me to get the correct answer.

Question

MEDAL GIVEN !A rectangular room is 1.9
 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 29
 meters. Find the dimension of the room.          Ive gotten several methods from others on this site, but none have helped me to get the correct answer.

princeharryyy · Answer

2*(w+1.9w ) =29
2*2.9w =29
2w = 10
w=5
l =1.9*w = 1.9*5 =9.5

princeharryyy · Answer

2*(l+b) = perimeter of rectangle

banjoman · Answer

so it would be 2*(9.5+5)?

princeharryyy · Answer

no. 
length is 9.5 and width is 5. that's what they are asking for.

banjoman · Answer

thank you much I'm going to practice more on problems like this, thank you for your help

princeharryyy · Answer

:)