Homework Help: math please help

Posted by Kara on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 11:02pm.

The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 in., find the width of the rectangle.is it
1. 2 in.
2. 3 in.
3. 4 in.
4. 5 in.

math please help - Reiny, Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 11:04pm
let the width be x
then the length is 2x+8

x + x + 2x+8 + 2x+8 = 34

take it from there

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