SOLUTION: How long is a rectangular plot whose length is 9 feet greater than its width and whose perimeter is 94 feet?

Question 83517: How long is a rectangular plot whose length is 9 feet greater than its width and whose perimeter is 94 feet?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How long is a rectangular plot whose length is 9 feet greater than its width and whose perimeter is 94 feet?
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Let width be "x" ft.
Then length is "x+9" ft
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Perimeter = 2(width + length)
94 = 2(x + x+9)
47 = 2x+9
2x = 38
x=19
Length = 19=9 = 28 inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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