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A National Hockey League rink is 115 feet longer than it is wide. If the perimeter of the rink is 570 feet, find the dimensions of the rink.
 Sep 4, 2013
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Try finding the constraints in the given problem
perimeter of rink is 570 ft ( i )
let x be the width of the field
so x+115 will be the length.
once you get this, rest is simple.

Now from Perimeter of the rink will be (as the rink is rectangular)
= 2x + 2(x+115)
= 4x + 230 ( ii )

from ( i ) and ( ii )
4x + 230 = 570
4x = 340
x = 85

width = x = 85, length = x+115 = 200
Now you know both the dimensions
 Sep 4, 2013

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