SOLUTION: A building in a city has a rectangular base. The length of the base measures
70 ft less than three times the width. The perimeter of the base is 900 ft. What are the dimensions o
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Question 989348: A building in a city has a rectangular base. The length of the base measures
70 ft less than three times the width. The perimeter of the base is 900 ft. What are the dimensions of the base?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A building in a city has a base.
if the length of the base measures less than three times the width , we have
if the perimeter of the base is , than
.....substitute for
...........solve for
now find :
so, the dimensions of the base are:,
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