SOLUTION: a rectangle shed is fenced with 120 feetlong barbed wire. if the length of the shed is twice as long as the width, what is the length.

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Question 1092165: a rectangle shed is fenced with 120 feetlong barbed wire. if the length of the shed is twice as long as the width, what is the length.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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P=2%28L%2BW%29=120
L%2BW=60
and
L=2W
Substituting,
2W%2BW=60
3W=60
Solve for W then solve for L.