SOLUTION: The length of a patio is four times its width. The perimeter is 80 feet. Find the length and the width. Explain your work with diagrams, algebra, and words.
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Question 947326: The length of a patio is four times its width. The perimeter is 80 feet. Find the length and the width. Explain your work with diagrams, algebra, and words.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Length, L;
Width, w;
p, perimeter;
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You can draw a diagram:
Draw a rectangle. Label the longer dimension L, and label the shorter dimension w, and include with it, L=4w on the longer dimension.
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