SOLUTION: Farmer Dan has 170 meters of fence with which to enclose a field. The length of the field is 18 meters more than three times its width. What is the length of the field?
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Question 729428: Farmer Dan has 170 meters of fence with which to enclose a field. The length of the field is 18 meters more than three times its width. What is the length of the field? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The formula for the perimeter is
given: m
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By substitution:
and
The length is 68.25 m
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