SOLUTION: Allen is building a tennis court in his backyard. He poured a rectangle concrete slab and surrounded it with 360 feet of fencing. If the width of the slab is half the slab's lengt

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Question 1061387: Allen is building a tennis court in his backyard. He poured a rectangle concrete slab and surrounded it with 360 feet of fencing. If the width of the slab is half the slab's length, find the dimensions of the slab.
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x+4x=360
6x=360
x=360/6
x=60 ft
2x=120 ft

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