SOLUTION: A field is six times as long as it is wide, and the distance around the field is 1610 feet. What are the dimensions of the field?
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Question 316203: A field is six times as long as it is wide, and the distance around the field is 1610 feet. What are the dimensions of the field?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be x
length = 6x
..
perimeter = 2L+2W
1610=2x+2*6x
1610=14x
1610/14=x
x=117 feet- width
length = 6*117
=702 feet
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