the perimeter of a basketball court is 108 meters and the length is six meters longer than twice the width. what are the length and width?

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parker.goodbar · Answer

length is 30 
width is 24

anonymous · Answer

Length=2x+6 

Equation (Combine all 4 sides) 
6x+12=108 

x=16 

Length=2(16)+6 

Final Answer: 
Length=38 
Width=16

calculusxy · Answer

You can write a system of equations to solve for the length and width. 

One of them could be the formula for finding the perimeter: $2l + 2w = 108$
And the other one could be that the length is six meters less than twice the width: $l = 2w - 6$.

So you have:
$2l + 2w = 108$
$l = 2w - 6$

I prefer for you to use substitution for this particular method because you already have what $l$ is equal to and you can substitute that value into the first equation ($2l + 2w = 108$).

parker.goodbar · Answer

thats not right at all because the length is only 6 meters longer 38 and 16 are a whole 22 meters longer

parker.goodbar · Answer

24x2=48+(30x2)=108 
on this the length is only 6 meters larger which is what the equation is asking for you to do