Question

A rectangular room is 5 meters longer than it is wide, and it’s perimeter is 26 meters. Find the dimension of the room

Answer 1

length=9

width=4m

Explanation:

Let the width of the rectangle be, x and the length be, x+5

perimeter=2(L+W)

26 m=2(x+5+x)

26=2x+10+2

26-10=4x

16=4x

x=

length=9m

width=4m