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  • 17-10-2020
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The perimeter of a rectangle is 72 inches. The ratio of the width to the length is 4:5. What is the width of the rectangle?

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  • 18-10-2020

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Answer:

  16 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The sum of length and width is half the perimeter, so is 36 inches.

The width is 4/(4+5) = 4/9 of the total of length and width, so is ...

  (4/9)(36 inches) = 16 inches

The width of the rectangle is 16 inches.

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