Question

The length of a rectangular garden is three feet less than twice its width.

Answer 1

Width of the rectangle is 8 feet

Length of the rectangle is 13 feet

Explanation:

Complete question -

The length of a rectangular garden is three feet less than twice its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 42 feet, what is its length?

Solution

Let the width of the rectangle be X feet

Length of the rectangle would be 2X -3 feet

Perimeter of the rectangle is 2 (length + breadth)

Substituting the given values, we get -

Perimeter = 2 (length + breadth)

`42 = 2 [(2X-3) + X]\\42 = 4X - 6 + 2X\\48 = 6X\\X = 8`

Width of the rectangle is 8 feet

Length of the rectangle is
`2*8 -3 = 16-3 = 13` feet