The perimeter of a rectangle vegetable patch is 68 meters The vegetable patch is 24 meters long how wide is it

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asked Oct 9, 2021 35.3k views

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Kurige · Answer 1 · 2021-10-14T19:33:18+0000

Answer:

10 meters

Explanation:

Given a rectangle with perimeter 68 meters and length 24 meters, you want to know the width.

The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is ...

P = 2(L +W)

Filling in given values, we can solve for the width.

68 = 2(24 +W)

34 = 24 +W . . . . . . . divide by 2

10 = W . . . . . . . . . subtract 24

The vegetable patch is 10 meters wide.