SOLUTION: The perimeter of a rectangular swimming pool is 64 feet and the length is 8 feet more than the width. Find the length of the swimming pool.
Equation that models the above proble
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Question 565472: The perimeter of a rectangular swimming pool is 64 feet and the length is 8 feet more than the width. Find the length of the swimming pool.
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Thanks Answer by ad_alta(240) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let 'l' be the length and 'w' the width. Then 2l+2w=64 and l=w+8. Substitute w=l-8 into the first equation to get 2l+2(l-8)=64. We get l=20.
