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Question

The length of a rectangular playing field is 2 yards longer than quadruple the widyh, if the perimeter of the rectangular playing field is 574 yards, what are it's dimension

Answer 1

Draw a diagram of a rectangle. You are given the length is equal to 2 plus 4 times the width (w). In order to solve for the perimeter, we need to add all four sides of the rectangle together.

W =width

4w+2 =length

w + w + 4w + 2 + 4w + 2 = 574 yards

Combine like terms: 10w + 4

Subtract 4 from both sides: 10w = 570

Divide both sides by 10: w=57

Substitute 57 in for w to get your answers.

Width = 57 yards; Length = 232 yards