SOLUTION: The rectangual pool at peaboy is 27 feet wide. To put border title around the pool the contracter would need 134 feet of title? how many feet long is the pool?

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Question 692837: The rectangual pool at peaboy is 27 feet wide. To put border title around the pool the contracter would need 134 feet of title? how many feet long is the pool?
Answer by Stitch(470) About Me  (Show Source):
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Set-Up
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L = length
W = width
P = perimeter
The equation for the perimeter of a rectangle is: P+=+2L+%2B+2W
We were given W = 27ft & P = 134ft
Plug those values into the equation.
134+=+2L+%2B+2%2A%2827%29
Simpify
134+=+2L+%2A+54
Subtract 54 from both sides
80+=+2L
Divide both sides by 2
highlight%2840+=+L%29
The length of the pool is 40ft