Question

The length of a rectangle is 2 more than twice the width. The perimeter is 76 feet. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

Answer 1

so we can set x= width
2x+2 = length
so 2(x)+2(2x+2)= 76
so that will give us 2x+4x+4=76
6x=72
x=12
so 12 is width and 26 is length