SOLUTION: Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 100 meters if the length is 4 meters more than the width.

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Question 526230: Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 100 meters if the length is 4 meters more than the width.
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Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 100 meters if the length is 4 meters more than the width.

Perimeter = p = 100 meter
Length = l = w+4 meter
Length = l = ?
Width = w = ?

2l + 2w = p
2(w+4)+2w=100
2w+8+2w=100
4w=100-8
4w=92
w=92/4
w=23

Length = l = w+4 = 23 + 4 = 27meter