Question

The width of a rectangle is its length. The perimeter of the rectangle is 420 ft.

What is the length, in feet, of the rectangle?

Answer 1

`105ft`

Explanation:

Since it's saying that the width of a rectangle is its length, that means all the sides of the rectangle are equal.

Since a rectangle has only 4 sides, we can divide the perimeter of the rectangle (420 ft) by 4 (sides)

Note: perimeter is the sum of all sides!

420 ÷ 4 = 105

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Width=length

Let's assign a variable for the width, and call it x.

Since the width is equal to it's length, we can also call the length x.

The perimeter formula for a rectangle is 2(l+w).

Hope this helps!