Question

Jim is building a rectangular deck and wants the length to be 1 ft greater than the width. what will be the dimensions of the deck if the perimeter is to be 66 ​ft?

Answer 1

Let x = width
x+1 is then the length

2x+2(x+1)=66
2x+2x+2=66
4x=64
x=16
deck will be 16x17, nice for a BBQ. :)