On their vacation, the Lupines stay at a hotel that has a rectangular swamp for a swimming pool.
The swamp has a perimeter of 124 feet. The length, 1, of
the swamp is 10 feet less than 5 times its width, w.
What are the length and width of the swamp?
Step 1. Read the problem carefully and understand the situation,
7. Step 2. Identify what you are looking for and assign variables
Let / represent
_and w represent
8. Step 3. Write two equations to model the situation described in the problem.