The perimeter of a college basketball court is 108 meters and the length is twice as long as the width. What are the length and width?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-12T03:13:37

Length = 36 m, width = 18 m

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Court is in the form of a rectangle.

Perimeter of rectangle = 2l + 2w, where l is the length of one pair of opposite sides and w is the width of the other pair which is shorter.

Given #l = 2 * w#

Therefore,

# 2l + 2w = 2(l + w) = 2(2w + w) = 108 m#

#6w = 108, w = 108/6= 18 m#

#l = 2w = 2 * 18 = 36 m#

The perimeter of a college basketball court is 108 meters and the length is twice as long as the width. What are the length and​ width?