Question

The length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than the width. The perimeter is 42 inches. Find the length and the width of the rectangle.The width of the rectangle is ___ cubit inches, square inches or inches ? and the length of the rectangle is ____ cubit inches, square inches or inches?

Answer 1

Given

perimeter = 42 inches

length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than the width.

Find

width, length

Step-by-step explanation

Let width of rectangle = x inches

length = 5 + x

Perimeter of rectangle = 2 (l + b) = 2(5+x+x) = 42

`\begin{gathered} 2*(5+x+x)=42 \\ 5+2x=21 \\ 2x=16 \\ x=8 \end{gathered}`

width = 8 inches

Length = 5 + 8 = 13 inches

Final Answer

The width of the rectangle is 8 inches.

The length of the rectangle is 13 inches.