Question

The perimeter of a parallelogram is 72 meters. The width of a parallelogram is 4 meters less than its length. Find the length and the width of the parallelogram

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x be the length; then the statement says that width = x-4, doesn't it?

Perimeter is 2*width + 2*length; P=2x + 2(x-4).

But also you have been told that perimeter is 72.

From this information, you have the necessary equation, and can solve it, and thus answer the question.