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A rectangular room is 3 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 48 meters. Find the dimension of the room.


The length is : _____ meters and the width is ______ meters.

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length is 18 and width is 6

The length and width are 18 meters and 6 meters respectively.

Given that

  • The perimeter of the rectangle is 48 meters.
  • The width be x.
  • The length be 3x.

We know that

The perimeter of the rectangle be

48 = 2 (length + breadth)

48 = 2(3x + x)

48 = 6x + 2x

48 = 8x

x = 6

So, the width is 6 meters.

And, the length be 18 meters.

Therefore we can conclude that The length and width are 18 meters and 6 meters respectively.

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