Homework Help: Maths

Posted by Jannie on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 5:16pm.

A rectangle has length 2y and width y+ 2.
Its perimeter is less than 50 cm. What are
possible values for y ?
Write inequality?

Maths - bobpursley, Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 5:23pm
perimeter=2(2y+y+2)
perimeter= 6y+4
so, 6y+4<50
6y<46
y<46/6
length<46/3
width<46/6+2

check that.

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