SOLUTION: the lenght of a rectangular garden is 9 meters longer than the width.If the perimeter is 78 meters, find the length and the width of the garden.

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Question 767328: the lenght of a rectangular garden is 9 meters longer than the width.If the perimeter is 78 meters, find the length and the width of the garden.
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If a rectangle with perimeter has a length that is units longer (or shorter if ) than times the width, ,

Then knowing that the Perimeter is given by:

,

make the substitution:



Then solve for







For your problem: , , and . Do the arithmetic.

John

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