Question

The length of a rectangle is 6 inches more than the width. If the perimeter is 68 inches, what are the length and the width?

Answer 1

Answer: The length of the rectangle would be 20 inches and the width would be 14 inches.

Explanation:

If the length is 20, first, it’s 6 more than 14, and second it would add up to 40. If the width is 14, it’s 6 less than 20, and adds up to 28. If you add those two together, you’d get your total of 68 inches for the perimeter!

Answer 2

L= length
W= width
L= 6+w
P= 2(L + W)
68= 2(L+ W)
L+w= 34
(6+w) + w= 34
6 + 2w = 34
2w= 28
W= 14
L= 14+6 = 20
L= 20 AND W=14