Concept explainers
To find: The dimesions of rectangle.
Answer to Problem 6P
The length of rectangle is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The length of a rectangle is five times its width.
It would be a square if it were
Calculation:
Assume that length of rectangle is
Form the linear equation using given information.
Shortening the length by
Substitute the value from equation (1) to equation (2).
Substitute the value of
Therefore, length of rectangle is
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