Homework Help: algebra

Posted by erika on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:11am.

the perimeter of a rectangular field is 172 meters. double the width is 4 meters more than the length. find the area of the field.

algebra - martha, Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:13am
2w -4 = l

2w +2l = 172

plug in for l and find w. then plug in w to find l

then a=lw

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