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A rectangular room is 1.7 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 26 meters. Find the dimension of
the room.
The length is :
meters and the width is
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meters.

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The width of the room is 4 meters and the length is 6.8 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's represent the width of the room as x meters.

According to the problem, the length of the room is 1.7 times the width. So the length would be 1.7x meters.

The perimeter of a rectangle is given by the formula: P = 2(length + width). Substituting the given values, we get:

26 = 2(1.7x + x)

Simplifying the equation, we have:

26 = 2(2.7x)

Dividing both sides by 2.7, we get:

x = 4

So, the width of the room is 4 meters and the length is 1.7 times the width, which is 6.8 meters.

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