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Posted by Cody on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 3:04pm.

The perimeter of a rectagle is 50 centimeters. The length of the rectangle is one more than 3 times the width of the rectangle. What are the demensions of the rectangle?

math - Damon, Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 3:07pm
L = 3 b + 1

2(L+b) = 50
L = 25-b

25 - b = 3 b + 1
4 b = 24
etc

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