document.write( "Question 926980: The perimeter of the tennis court is 228 feet. After a round of tennis , the players coach estimates that the athlete has run a total of 690 feet, which is equivalent to 7 times the courts length plus four times its width. What are the deminsions of the tennis court.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Im very confused about how to get the two eqautions set up in order to answer this question. Everytime i set it up it came up with an absurd answer :( please help
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Algebra.Com's Answer #562626 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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given:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+690+=+7L+%2B+4W+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+228+=+2L+%2B+2W+\" ( formula for perimeter )
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+114+=+L+%2B+W+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides of (2) by \"+4+\" and
\n" ); document.write( "subtract (2) from (1)
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+7L+%2B+4W+=+690+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+-4L+-+4W+=+-456+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+3L+=+234+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+L+=+78+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+L+%2B+W+=+114+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+W+=+114+-+78+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+W+=+36+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The court is 36' x 78'\r
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