SOLUTION: a homeowner has built a shuffleboard rectangle in her backyard. the length of the court is 7 times as long as the width, and the perimeter is 96 feet. find the dimensions

Question 155433: a homeowner has built a shuffleboard rectangle in her backyard. the length of the court is 7 times as long as the width, and the perimeter is 96 feet. find the dimensions
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a homeowner has built a shuffleboard rectangle in her backyard. the length of the court is 7 times as long as the width, and the perimeter is 96 feet. find the dimensions
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Let the width be "x"
Then the length is "7x"
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EQUATIOOn:
Perimeter = 2(length + width)
96 = 2(7x + x)
48 = 8x
x = 6 ft. (width)
7x = 42 ft (length)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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