the perimeter of a rectangle is 50 cm. the length is 5 cm more than the width. find the length of the rectangle

The length is 15 cm and the width is 10 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

You can solve this using basic algebra.

2 (x) + 2 (y) = 50

We know that x = y + 5

So if we did 50 - 5 - 5 = 40, we would have to split that into 4 groups (10 + 10 + 10 + 10) and give 2 of those groups + 5.

So we would get 10 + 10 + 15 + 15

10 + 10 + 15 + 15 = 50