The length of a rectangle pool is 15 less than three times its width. It's perimeter is 50 meters. Find the length of the pool.

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aravindg · Answer

do you know formula for perimeter of a rectangle?

anonymous · Answer

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give the sides here, i will correct it ...

anonymous · Answer

perimeter is the sum of the sides of a given polygon, and here it is four sided.

anonymous · Answer

Lets break this down shall we?

"The length of a rectangle pool is 15 less than three times  it's width"

Alright so we have "3 times it's width" ... 3W

15 less than that 3W is

3W-15. 

This is your length
$$L=3W-15$$

now think about a perimeter or the magnitude (the total length of all sides together) if
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anonymous · Answer

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its given It's perimeter is 50 meters @Yovovel