SOLUTION: ``A rectangular field has a perimeter of 194 feet. The length is 7 feet more than four times the width. What is the length and what is the width?''.

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Question 1185776: ``A rectangular field has a perimeter of 194 feet. The length is 7 feet more than four times the width.
What is the length and what is the width?''.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the width; then 4x+7 is the length

The perimeter is twice the length plus twice the width:

194=2%28x%29%2B2%284x%2B7%29

Solve using basic algebra.