SOLUTION: The perimeter of a bulletin board is 136. The length is represented as 2 more than 2 times the width. The width is represented as w. What are the dimensions of the bulletin board?

Question 1052603: The perimeter of a bulletin board is 136. The length is represented as 2 more than 2 times the width. The width is represented as w. What are the dimensions of the bulletin board?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming the bulletin board is a rectangle.

and

Substituting,

So then,

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