The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 m. One side of the rectangle is 2 meters shorter

The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 m. One side of the rectangle is 2 meters shorter than the other. Find the sides of the rectangle.

To answer the question of the problem – namely, to find the sides of a rectangle, we will compose and solve an equation.

Let’s start by looking at what we know from the condition. So, it says that its perimeter is 24 meters, and one of its sides is 2 meters shorter than the other.

To draw up the equation, we need to remember the formula for finding the perimeter:

P = 2 (a + b);

Let x be the length of one side, then (x – 2) m is the length of the other.

2 (x + (x – 2)) = 24;

x + x – 2 = 24: 2;

2x – 2 = 12;

2x = 14;

x = 7 m length of one side and 7 – 2 = 5 m length of the second side.