Carvel Corporation, the nation's first retail ice cream franchise,built the world's largest ice cream cake in Union Square on May 26,2004. Weighing at 12,096 lb, the cake took 75 min and 54people to build and assemble. The cake's length was 10 ftlonger than the width, and its perimeter was 56 ft. What werethe width and length of the cake, in feet?

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2022-09-03

Carvel Corporation, the nation's first retail ice cream franchise,built the world's largest ice cream cake in Union Square on May 26,2004. Weighing at 12,096 lb, the cake took 75 min and 54people to build and assemble. The cake's length was 10 ftlonger than the width, and its perimeter was 56 ft.
What werethe width and length of the cake, in feet?

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Catherine Kirby

Catherine Kirby

Beginner2022-09-04Added 10 answers

Since the length is 10ft longer than width, we have,
width = w
length = w +10
Perimeter = 2(length) + 2(width)
56 = 2w + 2(w + 10)
56 = 2w + 2w + 20
4w = 36
w = 9 Since length = w + 10,
Length = 19ft
Width = 9ft

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