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John painted his most famous work, in his country, in 1930 on composition board with perimeter 107.69 in. If the rectangular painting is 5.14 in. Taller than it is wide, find the dimensions of the painting.

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Let w represent the width of the rectangular painting.

If the rectangular painting is 5.14 in. taller than it is​ wide, it means that

length = w + 5.14

The formula for calculating the perimeter of a rectangular is

Perimeter = 2(length + width)

Given that perimeter = 107.69, then

107.69 = 2(w + 5.14 + w)

107.69 = 2(2w + 5.14)

107.69 = 4w + 10.28

4w = 107.69 - 10.28 = 97.41

w = 97.41/4

w = 24.35

length = 24.35 + 5.14

length = 29.49

The dimesions are

width = 24.35 in

height = 29.49 in

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