Neighborhood block:

StartFraction 3 over 20 EndFraction miles. A rectangle has a width of w.


Perimeter =
3
20
+ w +
3
20
+ w

Bijan wants to go running during his family’s vacation to New York City. To do so, he will run a neighborhood block 20 times. Bijan runs a total of 8 miles. Use the formula for the perimeter of the neighborhood block and the reciprocal to find the width w of the city block.