Write and solve a linear system.

You are painting the white lines around the perimeter of a tennis court. You measure and find that the perimeter is 228 feet and the length is 42 feet longer than the width.

A: Write a linear system let W be the width and let L be the length of the tennis court.

B: Graph the system

Question

Write and solve a linear system.


You are painting the white lines around the perimeter of a tennis court. You measure and find that the perimeter is 228 feet and the length is 42 feet longer than the width. 

A: Write a linear system let W be the width and let L be the length of the tennis court.

B: Graph the system

jadeishere · Answer

Okay, so we know that the perimeter is p=2l +2w
so with that
we can conclude that
228 = 2w + 2l
and that's one of the linear equations
the other one is solving for l
so 
l = w+ 42

Are you asked to solve the system at all?

anonymous · Answer

they only ask for a graph