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jessez72
Aug 5, 2010, 07:55 AM
The perimeter of the pool is 97m, the width is 2m more than 1/2 the length, what is the length and width of the pool?
KISS
Aug 5, 2010, 08:11 AM
Draw a picture of a rectangle. Formula for perimeter is 2L+2W. You have equations for w and l is unknown. You know the perimiter.

Plug and play. What do you get as an eqn?