SOLUTION: Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 136 meters if the length is 6 meters more than the width

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Question 1080667: Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 136 meters if the length is 6 meters more than the width
Answer by ikleyn(52864) About Me  (Show Source):
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37 m and 31 m.

You can solve it mentally: 

L + W = 68     (= 136/2)
L - W =  6.
-------------Add the two equations . . .