The perimeter of a rectangle is 53 meters. The length is 2.3 meters longer than the width, w. Write and solve an equation to find the widthod the rectangle.
The length is w+2.3, where the units of the length and width are meters. Then the perimeter is .. P = 2(w +(w +2.3)) .. 53 = 4w +4.6 .. (53 -4.6)/4 = w = 48.4/4 = 12.1