SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular pool is 8 more feet then the width. The perimeter of the pool is 96 feet. What system of equations can be used to find the pools width and length?
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Question 746629: The length of a rectangular pool is 8 more feet then the width. The perimeter of the pool is 96 feet. What system of equations can be used to find the pools width and length?
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Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter = 2x length + 2 x width
=2(x + 8) + 2x
= 2x + 16 + 2x
= 4x + 16 = 96
= 4x = 80
= x = 20
Therefore length = 28 feet
width = 20 feet
Perimeter = 2(28) + 2(20)
= 56 + 40
= 96 feet.
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