SOLUTION: Find the length and width of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 108 meters if the length is 8 meters more than the width.

SOLUTION: Find the length and width of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 108 meters if the length is 8 meters more than the width.

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Question 369407: Find the length and width of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 108 meters if the length is 8 meters more than the width.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be x
length = x+8
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perimeter = 108
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Perimeter = 2L+2W
2x+2(x+8)=108
2x+2x+16=108
4x+16 =108
4x = 108-16
4x=92
/4
x=23 meters the width
Length = x+8 = 23 +8 =31 meters
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CHECK
23+23+31+31=108
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