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Answer 1 · 2017-10-30T05:02:38

$26 times 34$ feet

Turn the words you're given into simpler maths terms.

Perimeter = width + length + width + length; or $2W+2L$

$:. "P"= 2W +2L=120$

Length is 8ft more than the width: $L=W+8$

Now substitute into the equation for P to find one variable:

$120=2W + 2(W+8)$
$120= 2W +2W +16$
$104=4W$
$W=26$ ft

Sub this value for width back into $L+W+8$ to find L:

$L=26+8$
$=34$ ft