Question

A landscaper buried a water line around a rectangular lawn to serve as a supply line for a sprinkler system. The length of the lawn is 6 times its width. If 630 feet of pipe was used to do the job, what is the length and the width of the lawn

Answer 1

Answers:

Length = 270 feet

Width = 45 feet

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Work Shown:

x = width

6x = length, since it is 6 times the width

P = perimeter of rectangle

P = 2*(Length + Width)

P = 2*(6x + x)

P = 2*(7x)

P = 14x

Plug in the given perimeter P = 630 and solve for x.

P = 14x

14x = P

14x = 630

x = 630/14

x = 45

The width is 45 feet.

The length must be 6x = 6*45 = 270 feet.