SOLUTION: the length of a rectangular garden is 4m more than 3 times its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 56m, what are the dimesions of the garden?

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Question 392602: the length of a rectangular garden is 4m more than 3 times its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 56m, what are the dimesions of the garden?
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the length of a rectangular garden is 4m more than 3 times its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 56m, what are the dimesions of the garden?
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let width be x
length = 3x+4
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2(L+W)=perimeter
2(x+3x+4)=56
2(4x+4)=56
/2
4x+4=28
4x=28-4
4x=24
/4
x=6m the with
Length = 3x+4 = 3*6+4 = 22m
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