SOLUTION: You have a garden with a fence around it and it is rectangular in shape The perimeter is 500 feet in length and the width is 80% of the length Find L and W.

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Question 203768: You have a garden with a fence around it and it is rectangular in shape
The perimeter is 500 feet in length and the width is 80% of the length
Find L and W.

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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let width =.8x=111
let length = x=139
2x+2(.8x)=500
2x+1.6x=500
3.6x=500
x=139