The distance around a yard is 588ft. If the length of the yard is 2 more than 3 times the width, find the perimeter and width of the yard

Perimeter = 588ft (given), Width of yard = 73ft

Step-by-step explanation:

The distance around a yard is the perimeter of the yard, so we know that the perimeter of the yard is 588ft. In order to find the length and width, we need to make an equation so we can solve for one of them. Since the length is 2 more than 3 times the width, we can represent it as 3w+2, where w is the width. This ensures we only have one unknown to solve for as we only have one equation. Since perimeter is the distance around the yard, it is calculated by adding the length of the 2 widths to the length of the 2 lengths, hence 588ft = 2w + 2l, the l we replace though as we can only solve for one unknown, so now we have:

2w + 2(3w+2) = 588

Now we can start solving for the width!

Firstly we need to expand the bracket which we do by multiplying the 2 by all the contents inside the bracket, so:

2w + 2*3w + 2*2 = 588

which equals:

2w +6w +4 = 588

Now we combine terms and move the 4 to the other side so we can solve for w:

8w + 4 -4 = 588 - 4

8w = 584

Now we just divide both sides by 8 to get:

w=73

The width of the yard is 73ft.

Hope this helped!