Extending the sides

The sides of a square and a rectangle will be simultaneously and repeatedly extended according to the following rules: all sides of the square we extend always by 2 cm, the shorter sides of the rectangle we extend always by 1 cm, and the longer sides always by 4 cm.
At the beginning the square has a side length of 4 cm and the rectangle has side lengths of 3 cm and 6 cm.
Determine after which extension the perimeter of the rectangle will be exactly 1 m larger than the perimeter of the square.

Final Answer:

n =  49

Step-by-step explanation:


4·(4+2n) + 1·100 = 2·((3+1n)+(6+4n))

4·(4+2·n) + 1·100 = 2·((3+1·n)+(6+4·n))

2n = 98


n = 98/2 = 49

n = 49

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