SOLUTION: A farmer has a rectangular field to be fenced. The farmer has 480 ft of fencing to go around once with no overlap. If the length is twice the width, what is the length of the field

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Question 847533: A farmer has a rectangular field to be fenced. The farmer has 480 ft of fencing to go around once with no overlap. If the length is twice the width, what is the length of the field?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The analysis without finishing the solution:

w for width
L for Length

L=2w and 2L+2w=480; substitution gives highlight_green%282%282w%29%2B2w=480%29