Answer:
Length= 30 ft
Width= 18ft
Step-by-step explanation:
The perimeter of the rectangular patio is to be 96 feet.
the length is to be 6 feet less than twice the width
Perimeter=2(length+width)
But
Length= 2(width)-6
Substituting in perimeter equation
Perimeter=2(length+width)
Perimeter=2((2(width)-6)+width)
Perimeter= 96 feet
Let width= x
Perimeter=2((2(width)-6)+width
96=2((2(x)-6)+x)
96= 4x-12+2x
108= 6x
18= x
Width= 18ft
Length= 2(width)-6
Length= 2(18)-6
Length= 36-6
Length= 30 ft
