SOLUTION: Hello, perimeter of rectangle is 68 ft. the length of the garden is 1ft more than 2 times the width. What is length of garden? 11ft, 16ft, 18ft, 23ft

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Question 897409: Hello,
perimeter of rectangle is 68 ft. the length of the garden is 1ft more than 2 times the width. What is length of garden?
11ft, 16ft, 18ft, 23ft

Answer by Jc0110(165)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x to be the length while y to be width.




From question,
... Substitute into




, where width, y = 11 ft.
To find length, x, substitute into .


Therefore, length of garden is 23 ft.

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