A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 meters. If one side is 12 meters, what is the length of the other side?
Answer
13 meters
How to solve it
1
Perimeter: 50 meters
2
Formula: 2(length + width) = perimeter
3
2(12 + width) = 50
4
12 + width = 25
5
width = 13 meters
Hints
Use the perimeter formula
Solve for the unknown side