Problema Solution
The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 1200 ft. The two long sides of the garden are each 450 ft long. You are asked to find the length of the other sides. Write an equation to model this situation and solve
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Let 'w' stand for the length of the sides that we are looking for. We can write:
2w+2(450)=1200
This is from the standard rectangular perimeter equation: 2w+2l=perimeter. Using Algebrator to solve for 'w', we get:
w=150 ft