A driveway has a perimeter of 216 feet. The length of the driveway is 6 feet longer than four times the width. Find the width and the length of the driveway.
The table below shows the symbolic equivalents of English phrases. This table is useful when changing sentences into mathematical expressions and equations.
English Phrase
and, added to, increased by, greater than, plus, more than, sum of, longer than
decreased by, subtracted from, less than, diminished by, minus, difference between, shorter than
product of, multiplied by, of, times
divided by, quotient of, ratio of
equals, are, is will be, yields, gives, makes, is, the same as, has a value of
Mathematical
Symbol
+
?
$\cdot$ or ()() or $\times$
$+\text{ or fraction bar}$=
Write an expression of length in terms of width using the sketch and the given information.
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