Question

An air hockey table has a perimeter of 26 feet. Its area is 36 square feet. What are the dimensions of the air hockey table? ? feet by ? feet

Answer 1

please explain

Answer 2

9 feet by 4 feet

Answer 3

length=9
breadth=4

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

2(x + y) = 26 ----> Perimeter.
simplified:
x+y= 13
x=13 - y

Area:

x*y = 36

Substituting x:

(13 - y) * y = 36
-y^2 + 13y = 36
y^2 - 13y + 36 = 0

(y-9)(y-4) = 0

Therefore y = 4 or y=9

x = 13 - y

therefore x = 9 or x equals 4

So x=4 and y=9
or x=9 and y=4