SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular piece of land is 60 yards more than two times its width. The perimeter is 540 yards.Find the dimensions?

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Question 342334: The length of a rectangular piece of land is 60 yards more than two times its width. The perimeter is 540 yards.Find the dimensions?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The perimeter of a rectangle is,


Substituting from the first equation,



yds.
Then from the first equation,


yds.

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