5 feet is how far the ladder reaches
Find the common denominators. for the miles 5 and 3 go into 15. so 2/5 times 3 is 6/15. and 2/3 times 5 is 10/15. for the hours 5 and 9 go into 45. 1/5 times 9 is 9/45. and 2/9 times 5 is 10/45. so Susan ran 6/15 of a mile in 9/45 of an hour. and Kim ran 10/15 of a mile in 10/45 of an hour.
so Kim ran 3 miles in an hour. Susan ran 2 miles in an hour.
The perimeter of a rectangle is P=2l+2w where l is the length and w is the width.
Plug in values of l and w in:
P=2(x+8)+2(x-1)
P=2x+16+2x-2
P=4x+14
So the perimeter of the rectangle is 4x+14 units
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