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: The perimeter of a rectangular basketball court blocked off by students on a playground is 300 feet. If the length of the court is two feet more than triple the width, find the length and the width of the blocked off court.
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Answer by RAY100(1637)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Perimeter = 2 * Length + 2 * Width
But L = 3w +2
300= 2L +2w = 2(3w+2) + 2w= 6w +4 +2w = 8w +4
296 = 8 w
w=37,,,,,,,,ANSWER
l= 3w+2 = 3*37 +2 = 113,,,,, ANSWER
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checking
P=2l +2w = 2(113) + 2(37) = 300,,,,,ok
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