SOLUTION: the roller-skating rink has a perimeter of 150 yards. if the length is twice as long as the width, what are the dimensions of the rink?

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Question 583048: the roller-skating rink has a perimeter of 150 yards. if the length is twice as long as the width, what are the dimensions of the rink?
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If a rectangle with perimeter has a length that is units longer (or shorter if ) than times the width, ,

Then knowing that the Perimeter is given by:

,

make the substitution:



Then solve for







For your problem: yards, , and . Do the arithmetic.

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