The surface of an office desk has a perimeter of 12 feet and an area of 8 square feet. What are the dimensions of the desk?

____feet by ___feet
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Answer:

4 feet by 2 feet ig? am not quit sure

Step-by-step explanation:

we say that length=x width=y

2(x+y)=12

xy=8   x=8/y

2(8/y + y)=12

8/y+y^2=6y

y^2-6y+8=0

(y-2)(y-4), so y=2 y=4

then we input this two numbers in xy=8

so, x=4 x=2

1, y=2   x=4

2, y=4   x=2

most likely the lengths is going to be 4 so that means the width is going to be 2.

Depends. Answer can be 12 by 8 or 6 by 4