Question

The perimeter of a basketball court is 102 meters and the length is 6 meters longer than twice the width. What are the length and width?

Answer 1

let width be X then lenth is 2x+6
perimeter=2(length+width)
102=2(2x+6+x)
51=3x+6
3x=51-6
3x=45
x=15m
width=x=15m
length=2x+6=2(15)+6=36m

Answer 2

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