Problema Solution
A rectangle is constructed. The length of this rectangle is double the width. Then a new rectangle is made by increasing each side by 3 meters. The perimeter of the new rectangle is 2 meters greater than four times the length of the old rectangle. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle.
Answer provided by our tutors
let length = 2x
width = x
new rectangle:
length = 2x+3
width = x+3
perimeter = 2(3x+6)
= 6x + 12
=> 6x + 12 = 8x + 2
=> x = 5
width = 5 meters
length = 10 meters