SOLUTION: A rectangular yard is surrounded by a fence that is 4 feet longer than it is wide. If the perimeter of the fence is 424 feet, what are the dimensions of the yard it encloses?
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Question 33171: A rectangular yard is surrounded by a fence that is 4 feet longer than it is wide. If the perimeter of the fence is 424 feet, what are the dimensions of the yard it encloses?
Wouldn't this just be 424 minus 4? Answer by mukhopadhyay(490) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Width of the fence = x ft
Length of the fence = x+4
Perimiter = 2(length+width) = 2(x+x+4) = 2(2x+4) = 4x+8;
Perimeter = 424 ft
=> 4x+8 = 424
=> 4x = 416
=> x = 104
Answer: The dimension of the fence is 108 ft X 104 ft
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