The length of the rectangle is 5 cm. What should be the width of this rectangle so that the perimeter

The length of the rectangle is 5 cm. What should be the width of this rectangle so that the perimeter of the rectangle is 18 cm?

Recall that the perimeter is the sum of all four sides of a rectangle, that is, the sum of two identical sides of the length and two identical sides of the width of a given figure.

First, let’s find out how many centimeters of the perimeter will be “occupied” by two sides of the length of the rectangle.

1) 5 cm + 5 cm = 10 cm.

Now let’s calculate how many centimeters of the perimeter the two sides of the width should occupy.

2) 18 cm – 10 cm = 8 cm.

Therefore, one side must be equal to:

3) 8 cm / 2 sides = 4 cm.

Bottom line: the width should be 4 cm.