document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016798>Question 1016798</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the dimensions of an American football field. The length is 200 ft more than the width, and the perimeter is 1,040 ft. Find the length and width. Use the perimeter formula \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = 2L + 2W. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "W=width; L=length=W+200ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P=2L+2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=2(L+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1040ft=2(W+200ft+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "520ft=2W+200ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "320ft=2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160ft=W<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L=W+200ft=160ft+200ft=360ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: The width is 160 feet and the length is 360 feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P=2L+2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1040ft=2(360ft)+2(160ft)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1040ft=720ft+320ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1040ft=1040ft<BR>\n" );
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