document.write( "Question 1173776: At the Summer Olympics, basketball is played on a rectangular court. The width of the land is 1 m more than half of its length. Knowing that the perimeter of the field is 86 m, what are the dimensions of an Olympic basketball court? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "width of the land is 1 m more than half of its length (x). 
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document.write( "Let x be the Length , width is (x/2) + 1)
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document.write( "P = 2w + 2L
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document.write( "86 = 2(x/2  + 1 ) +2x
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document.write( "86 = x + 2 + 2x
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document.write( "84 = 3x
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document.write( "  x = 28m   and L = 14+1 = 15m
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document.write( "  width is  28m and length is 15m 
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document.write( " P = 56m + 30m = 86m  checks
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