Question

Obby knows that the perimeter of the original rectangle is 120 meters. He also knows that the perimeter of the reduced rectangle is 30 meters and the reduced length is 9 meters.
A small rectangle has a length of 9 meters. A larger rectangle is blank.
Not drawn to scale

What is the width of the original rectangle?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 36 meters long.

Step-by-step explanation:

You start with the difference between 120 and 30 meters. 30 is 1/4 of 120, so all you do is do the opposite with 9. What's 4/1 times more than 9 and you get your answer.