built worlds largest ice cream cake in union square may 26, 2004. weighing 12096 lb , the cake took 75 min and 54 people to build and assemble. the cakes length was 10 ft longer than its width and the perimeter was 56ft . what were the width and length of the cake, in feet.

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built worlds largest ice cream cake in union square may 26, 2004. weighing  12096 lb , the cake took 75 min and 54 people to build and assemble. the cakes length was 10 ft longer than its width and the perimeter was 56ft . what were the width and length of the cake, in feet.

anonymous · Answer

Is this cake rectangular in shape? Or circular?

anonymous · Answer

If rectangular the key to this problem is that
Perimeter of Rectangle = 2length + 2width
56 = 2(10 +width) + 2width

Solve for width and then you can solve for length!

anonymous · Answer

Once you find width... remember length is 10+width.