SOLUTION: A farmer has 48 feet of fence with which to make a corral. If he arranges it into a rectangle that is twice as long as it is wide, what are the dimensions

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Question 868508: A farmer has 48 feet of fence with which to make a corral. If he arranges it into a rectangle that is twice as long as it is wide, what are the dimensions
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The perimeter of that rectangle would be,
P=2%2A%28L%2BW%29=2%282W%2BW%29=48
3W=24
W=8
L=2W=16