The length of a sand volleyball court is twice it’s width. The perimeter is 180 feet. Find the length and width of the sand volleyball court.

Answer 1

Let's use the variable w to represent the width of the court.

Then we can write the following expression to represent the length: 2w

Perimeter is equal to 2 times the length plus 2 times the width.

The following equation would represent the perimeter for this problem:

2 * length + 2 * width = 180

2(2w) + 2w = 180

Now combine like terms and use inverse operations to solve for w:

4w + 2w= 180

6w = 180

6w/6 = 180/6

w = 30

The width will be 30 feet.

The length will be twice the width OR 2 * 30 = 60

The length will be 60 feet.