SOLUTION: You have a garden with a fence around it and it is rectangular in shape The perimeter is 500 feet in length and the width is 80% of the length Find L and W. Could you show me st

Question 203785: You have a garden with a fence around it and it is rectangular in shape
The perimeter is 500 feet in length and the width is 80% of the length
Find L and W.
Could you show me step by step so I can gain an understanding on how to solve these types of problems.
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have a garden with a fence around it and it is rectangular in shape
The perimeter is 500 feet in length and the width is 80% of the length
Find L and W.
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Draw a diagram of the problem. It will help you see the problem.
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Let L = length of the rectangular garden
then from "width is 80% of the length"
.80L = width
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Definition of perimeter for a rectangle:
2(L + .80L) = 500
L + .80L = 250
1.80L = 250
L = 250/1.80
L = 138.889 feet (length)
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Width:
.80L = .80(138.889) = 111.112 feet (width)
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These are decimal answers. They may want the answers expressed as fractions.

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