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melamori03 [73]
3 years ago
10

The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 cm. If its length is decreased by 5 cm and its width is increased by 5 cm, its area will incr

ease by 50 cm2. Find the length and the width of the original rectangle.
Mathematics
1 answer:
AVprozaik [17]3 years ago
6 0
X=length of the original rectangle.  (in cm)
y=width o f the original rectangle.  (in cm)

Perimeter of a rectangle=sum of the all sides.
Perimeter of the original rectangle=x+x+y+y=2x+2y

Area of a rectangle=length x width
Area of the original rectangle=xy

x-5=length decreased by 5 cm
y+5=width increase by 5 cm.


We can suggest this system of equations:
  2x+2y=70
 (x-5)(y+5)=xy+50

We solve this system of equations by susbstitution method:
2x+2y=70  ⇒x+y=35  ⇒        y=35-x

(x-5)(35-x+5)=x(35-x)+50
(x-5)(40-x)=35x-x²+50
40x-x²-200+5x=35x-x²+50
40x-35x+5x=200+50
10x=250
x=250/10
x=25

y=35-x
y=35-25
y=10

Answer: the lenght and the width of the original rectangle is :
lenght=25 cm
width=10 cm.
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