SOLUTION: A=240 Square Yards P=62 yards What is the length and width?
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Question 739909: A=240 Square Yards P=62 yards What is the length and width?
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter: 2(L+W) = 62 ----> L+W = 31 ---> L = 31 - W
Area: LW = 240
(31-W)*W = 240
-W^2 + 31W = 240
-W^2 + 31W - 240 = 0
W^2 - 31W + 240 = 0
(W-15)(W-16) = 0
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