How can you use an equivalent form of the percent proportion to solve a percent problem?

The rectangle shown has a perimeter of 108 cm and the given area. its length is 6 more than five times its width. write and solve a system of equations to find the dimensions of the rectangle.

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?

If on=8x-8,lm=7x+4,nm=x-5,and ol=3y-6