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A # 3 - 2NAME_______________________________DATE______________PERIOD______PERIMETER PROBLEMSSketch a picture. Write an equation and solve.1. The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than the width. The perimeter is 38 cm.Find the length and the width.2. The length of a rectangle is twice the width. Find the length of the rectangle if theperimeter is 42 cm.3. The length of a rectangle is 8 m more than 6 times the width. The perimeter is156 m. Find width.4. The length of a rectangle is 2 km less than 3 times the width. If the perimeter is 68km, what is the length of the rectangle?

A # 3 - 25. The perimeter of a triangle is 136 cm. If the three sides of the triangle are (x + 7)cm, (2x – 5) cm, and (3x + 2) cm, what is the length of each side?6. Two sides of a pentagon have length (3x – 5) cm and three sides of length (2x + 1)cm. If the perimeter is 89 cm, what is the length of the longest side?7. The length of the sides of a trapezoid are (x + 2) cm, (2x + 5) cm and two sides of(2x – 1) cm. Find the length of the shortest side if the perimeter is 82 cm.8. A hexagon has three sides of length (2x + 5) in and three sides of length (x – 6) in.What is the length of the longest side of the hexagon if the perimeter is 60 in?