SOLUTION: a table is 3 times as long as it is wide. if it were 1 foot shorter and 1 foot wider, it would be a square. how long and how wide is the table?

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Question 996261: a table is 3 times as long as it is wide. if it were 1 foot shorter and 1 foot wider, it would be a square. how long and how wide is the table?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let L and W be length and width. So
L = 3W
Also
L - 1 = W + 1
since a square has equal dimensions...now substituting we get
3W - 1 = W + 1
2W = 2
W = 1
L = 3