SOLUTION: if the length of a rectangluar parking lot is 9 meters less than twice its width, and the perimeter is 342 meters, find the length of the parking lot.

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Question 264267: if the length of a rectangluar parking lot is 9 meters less than twice its width, and the perimeter is 342 meters, find the length of the parking lot.
Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we have 2 formulas
(i)
(ii)
by substitution, we get
(iii)
and then
(iv)
add 18 to get
(v)
divide by 6 to get
W = 60 meters
and then
L = 111 meters

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