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Question 16886: Find the area of a rectangular tennis court if the perimeter is 480 feet. The length of the court is six feet more than twice the width. Answer by zerosignal(28) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Given: length is 6 feet longer than twice its width, perimeter is 480 feet.
Let x = width (a)
Let 2x+6 = length (b)
therefore, the width of the rectangle is , and the length is .
Area of a rectangle is A = a*b
