SOLUTION: The perimeter of a basketball court is 108 meters. The length is 6 meters longer than twice the width. Find the length and width.

Question 352181: The perimeter of a basketball court is 108 meters. The length is 6 meters longer than twice the width. Find the length and width.
Answer by sofiyac(983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perimeter of a basketball court is 108 meters. The length is 6 meters longer than twice the width. Find the length and width.
So we know that where
P-perimeter
l-length
w-width

Let the width be w, then the length is 2w+6. Now we plug those sides and the perimeter into our formula.
now you simplify and solve for w.
divide each side by 2, and you get
now subtract 6 from each side, and you get
now divide each side by 3, and you get

So the width is 16 meters then the length is meters.
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