Question

The length of a rectangle is 5 feet more than twice the width. The perimeter is 28 feet. Find the length and width.

If the with of the rectangle is x, then the equation is ______
The with of the rectangle is _____ , the length of the rectangle is ______

Answer 1

First, you will need to simply the equation of 2(5+ 2x + x)=28 to get the final equation of 10 + 6x=28. To solve for the width, you will need to do (28-10) divided by 6 and get 3 feet as the width. To solve for the length, you need to do 3(2) + 5 to get 11 feet as the length. Therefore, the equation is 10 + 6x=28 and the length of the rectangle is 11 feet and the width of the rectangle is 3 feet.