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some questions I found at the back of Quant Review help!

by abcdefg » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:15 pm
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p. 153, #59. The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 360 feet. What is the length of the garden?
- The book says that statement "2) the difference between the length and width of the garden is 60 ft" is valid. Basically they set it up via the equation "l-w = 60"... My question is we don't know whether length or width is longer. It could also be w-l = 60... Can someone help me explain?

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by nitya34 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:06 pm
can we call a side "length" when it is smaller than the other side-"width"
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by abcdefg » Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:56 am
i get what you're saying but still seems iffy... this shouldnt be a grammar test
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by deltaforce » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:00 am
that's funny!!!
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by DanaJ » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:36 am
Usually we consider the length to be greater than the width; at least that's how we'd approach it at school! I am well aware that there could be an instance when the length is smaller than the width, but those are "exceptions to the rule", so to speak.
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Re: some questions I found at the back of Quant Review help!

by El Cucu » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:59 am
abcdefg wrote:OG Quant Review

p. 153, #59. The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 360 feet. What is the length of the garden?
- The book says that statement "2) the difference between the length and width of the garden is 60 ft" is valid. Basically they set it up via the equation "l-w = 60"... My question is we don't know whether length or width is longer. It could also be w-l = 60... Can someone help me explain?

Thanks!
The statement is always true, so it is saying that l=60+w.
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