Due to the budjet restrictions the perimeter of tammys rectangular garden is limited to 74 yards. If the length is one more yard than twice the width what are the demensions of the garden????

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anonymous · Answer

the problem says   the length is.......    it never says the width is  SO

width = x
length = 2x + 1          one more yard than twice the width

Perimeter is length + width + length + width

74 =  x +      2x + 1 +        x +        2x + 1