A garden is shaped like a rectangle whose perimeter is 70 ft. The length is 9 ft more than the width. Find the length and the width

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Collin Walton

Mathematics

2 July, 15:35

A garden is shaped like a rectangle whose perimeter is 70 ft. The length is 9 ft more than the width. Find the length and the width

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Iliana Mann · Answer 1

P=70

L=9+w

W=w

so we know that Perimeter is all the sides added so 2l+2w

so 70 = (2 (9+w)) + (2 (w))

70=18+2w+2w

70=18+4w

52=4w

w=13

so L=9+w therefore L=9+13 L=22

so L=22 and W=13