SOLUTION: a pool in the shape of parallelogram has a perimeter of 30 feet the length is 3 more than the width what are dimension of the pool

Question 610871: a pool in the shape of parallelogram has a perimeter of 30 feet the length is 3 more than the width what are dimension of the pool
Answer by radh(108) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the perimeter of a parallelogram, we use this formula: . Let's map out our information mathematically:
...has a perimeter of 30 feet (=30). The length is 3 more than the width (w+3).
Let's plug these into our equation:
Let's simplify that: .
We now know that w=6. Let's plug that back into our original equation:
. Let's simplify that into: .
We now know that the width is 6 and the length is 9. :)
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