Question

A city is building a fence around a rectangular playground. If the perimeter of the playground is 96 feet and the length of one side of the fence is 30 feet, what is the width of the playground?

Answer 1

The answer is 18.

Explanation:

Perimeter is P, length is L, and width is W. So, P is L plus L plus W plus W. If L is 30, then L plus L is 60. Do the P minus 60, which is 36. So, to find width, use that.

W plus W is the last part of P, and P minus 60 is 36. So, for one width, it is 36 divided by 2, which is our answer: 18.