SOLUTION: The perimeter of a rectangular vegetable patch is 32 meters. The area is 39 square meters. What are the dimensions of the vegetable patch? I'm not very good at problems like this

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Question 1137377: The perimeter of a rectangular vegetable patch is 32 meters. The area is 39 square meters. What are the dimensions of the vegetable patch? I'm not very good at problems like this
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
system%282x%2B2y=32%2Cxy=39%29

system%28x%2By=16%2Cxy=39%29

You could turn into one single quadratic equation, or you can recognize that the two numbers should be 13 and 3.