Question

The length of a rectangle is 10 meters more than the width. If the perimeter is 184 meters, what are the length and the width?

Answer 1

Perimeter = (2 × Length) + (2 × Width)

If the length is dependent on the width (because the length is 10 more than the width), we can say that L = W + 10.

To find the answer to the Peri, we have to find out what the W is first.

184 = 2(W + 10) + 2W
184 = 2W + 20 + 2W
184 = 4W + 20
184 - 20 = 4W = 164
164 ÷ 4 = W
41 = W

We have found out width. Our length is W + 10, so L = 41 + 10 = 51

W = 41 and L = 51