Question 81399
The perimeter is 44 ft. 

Perimeter is the two lengths and two widths added together. 

Let each width be x.  

Each length is 2ft less than 3 times the width...

...2ft less than ...means you are subtracting from the 3 times the width

3 times the width equals 3x

then you subtract 2ft...

Each length is 3x - 2 

So you must add two widths and two lengths to equal the perimeter...

x+x+(3x-2)+(3x-2)=44

add similiar variables together...

x+x+3x+3x=8x

-2-2= -4

which equals...    8x-4=44
                     +4   +4
                   8x=48
divide each side by 8
                         x=6 

then you need to plug in x to both the widths and lengths...

       each width is 6

       each length is (3(6)-2) --->18-2=16
 
check answer by adding them together... 6+6=12, 16+16=32... 12+32=44

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The answer is each length is 16.