SOLUTION: "The rivers depth is three meters greater than its width. Two times the rivers depth is equal to six meters more than twice its width."

Question 998059: "The rivers depth is three meters greater than its width. Two times the rivers depth is equal to six meters more than twice its width."
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the depth and width, d and w respectively. Then
d = w + 3 and
2d = 6 + 2w
There is a problem with the exercise because you can double the first equation and get the second. Therefore there are an infinite number of solutions.
w=5 and d=8
w=20 and d=23
are two...
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