SOLUTION: a 300m long wire is used to fence a rectangular plot whose length is twice its width. Find the length and breadth of the plot.

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Question 960235: a 300m long wire is used to fence a rectangular plot whose length is twice its width. Find the length and breadth of the plot.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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width = w
length = 2w

perimeter: 2(w) + 2(2w) = 300

2w + 4w = 300
6w = 300

width = w = 50
length = l = 100