Question

The length of a rectangle is five times its width.

If the perimeter of the rectangle is 108 cm, find its length and width.

Answer 1

Let the width of the rectangle be w. Then the length of the rectangle is 5w.

The perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of all four sides. So, the perimeter of the rectangle is 2w+2(5w)=108 cm.

Simplifying the right side of the equation, we get 12w=108 cm.

Dividing both sides of the equation by 12, we get w=9 cm.

Since the width is 9 cm, the length of the rectangle is 5w=5(9)=45 cm.

Therefore, the length of the rectangle is 45 cm and the width is 9 cm.