Please help! A rectangle with a perimeter of 54 yards has a length and width in a ratio of 8:1. What are the length and width?
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Length = 24 yards

Width = 3 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

First you find the perimeter of the rectangle assuming It's length is 8 and its width is 1. The perimeter is then 18. Lets call this rectangle A

Now you divide 54 by 18 which gives you 3. That means the rectangle is 3 times the size of the rectangle  A.

So to find the length and width you do this:

Length: 8 X 3 = 24 yards

Width: 1 X 3 = 3 yards

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet