SOLUTION: Can you please help me with this problem: Your family has decided to put a regular patio in your backyard similar to the shape of your backyard. Your backyard has a length of 40 f

Question 1034799: Can you please help me with this problem:
Your family has decided to put a regular patio in your backyard similar to the shape of your backyard. Your backyard has a length of 40 feet and a width of 32 feet. The length of your new patio is 14 feet. Find the perimeter of your new patio.

Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can use proportions to find the width of the patio...from that we can get the perimeter of it...

40w = 32*14
40w = 448
w = 448/40 = 11.2 feet
so that
P = 2L + 2W = 2(14) + 2(11.2) = 28 + 22.4 = 50.4 feet
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