Question

The length of a rectangle is twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is no more than 174 cm. What is the greatest possible value for the width?

(a) Write an inequality to model the problem. Explain why the inequality models the problem.
(b) Solve the inequality. Show your work.
(c) Answer the question.

Answer 1

a.2x+4x≤174 or y+x≤174 or x≤174
This is because x stands the width and that the perimeter.
b. 6x≤174
x≤29
c. The greatest possible value is 29.