SOLUTION: Fond the dimensions of a parking lot whose perimeter is 112 meters and the width is 4 meters less than its length

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Question 1097570: Fond the dimensions of a parking lot whose perimeter is 112 meters and the width is 4 meters less than its length
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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P=2l+2w
w=l-4
P=2l+2(l-4)=4l-8=112 meters
4l=120
l=30 meters
w=26 meters
the half perimeter is 56 meters, their sum, the whole perimeter is 112 meters.