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The perimeter of the rectangle below is 76 units. Find the length of side AD.

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The perimeter of the rectangle below is 76 units. Find the length of side AD. Write-example-1

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Answer: 17 units

Step-by-step explanation: A perimeter of a rectangle can be represented by the equation:

2(L)+2(W) = P

L represents length, W represents width and P represents perimeter

Lets say DC is width so AB has to be width aswell and then AD and BC are length.

We are given width and length as equations and P as 76 so we can substitute it into our equation to get:

2(3x-1) + 2(4x-3) = 76

We are trying to solve x so distributing would make it easy to obtain and we get:

6x - 2 + 8x - 6 = 76

Simplifying and solving for x gives us:

6x - 2 + 8x - 6 = 76

14x - 8 = 76

14x = 84

x = 6

Finally, we know AD represents our Width and AD = BC since we know BC is 3x-1, we can plug x in to get BC which is equal to AD to get:

3x - 1 = BC

3(6) - 1 = BC

17 = BC

since BC = AD

17 = AD

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