SOLUTION: A rectangular field is five times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 960 feet, what are the dimensions of the field?

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Question 1197404: A rectangular field is five times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 960 feet, what are the dimensions of the field?
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the length be and the width
if a rectangular field is times as long as it is wide, we have
......eq.1

if the perimeter of the field is feet, we have


..........eq.2

substitute from eq.1





go to
......eq.1, substitute



the dimensions of the field are by


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