Question

The perimeter of a bedroom is 88 feet. The ratio of the width to the length is 5:6. What are the dimensions of the bedroom?

Answer 1

20 feet wide, 24 feet long

Explanation:

Let x - width, y - length.

The perimeter is given by the formula:

P = 2*(width + length) or using x, y

P = 2*(x + y) = 88

x + y = 44

And we know that the ratio between the sides is 5/6:

x/y = 5/6. x is on top because the length is bigger than the width

x = 5y/6

Plug this in the first expression:

y + 5y/6 = 44. Muliply by 6

6y + 5y = 264

11y = 264

y = 264/11 = 24.

So x = 5(24)/6 = 20