Question

The perimeter of a basketball court is 278 ft. The length is 43 ft longer than the width. Find the dimensions of the court.

Answer 1

since you can express the length in terms of the width with length = width + 43, and since the total perimeter is given: 278 you can plug these into the equation for perimeter to solve for width

Answer 2

so you end up with \[278 = 2w + 2(w+43)\]

Answer 3

can you solve this for w?

Answer 4

I got 48

Answer 5

good! Now since we know that length = width + 43 we can find the length

Answer 6

91?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

thank you sooo much !!