SOLUTION: A new Community Sports Complex is being built in Junction City. The perimeter of the rectangular playing field is 396 yards. The length of the field is 2 yards less than triple the

Question 1095648: A new Community Sports Complex is being built in Junction City. The perimeter of the rectangular playing field is 396 yards. The length of the field is 2 yards less than triple the width. What are the dimensions of the playing field?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The length of the field is 2 yards less than triple the width.
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Dimensions of the field are 3w-2 and w, length and width.

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perimeter of the rectangular playing field is 396 yards.
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------solve this for w.
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