Homework Help: Math

Posted by Kim on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 4:05pm.

Don't understand the problem can somebody please help me

The bottom of the rabbit cage is a rectangle with a perimeter of 118 inches. Let x be the cages width(in inches) and let y be its length (in inches).
write an equation for the perimeter the find the intercepts

Math - Reiny, Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 5:51pm
that would simply be

2x + 2y = 118

which would reduce to
x + y = 59
Math - Kim, Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 6:22pm
thanks for the help

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