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Question 227757: Suppose that the length of a rectangle is three cm longer than twice the width and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 90 cm.
a) Set up an equation for the perimeter involving only W, the width of the rectangle.

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Question 227779: Suppose that the length of a rectangle is three cm longer than twice the width and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 90 cm.Set up an equation for the perimeter involving only W, the width of the rectangle. “On The Question About The Rectangle Being 90 Centimeters, I Also Was Needing The Equation Algebraically To Find Length Of The Rectangle And The Width As Well?
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Question 227864: If a rectangle has length a and width b, what is its area when

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Question 227484: A box with an open top is to be constructed from a rectangular piece of cardboard with dimensions 18 in. by 30 in. by cutting out equal squares of side x at each corner and then folding up the sides as in the figure. Express the volume V of the box as a function of x.

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Question 227743: Find an algebraic expression. The perimeter of a rectangle, given that the length is x yards and the width is 10 yards shorter.
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Question 228673: The length of a rectangle is twice its width and its perimeter is 120 cm. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. I know the answer is 40cm x20cm but i need the formula
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Question 228675: what is the area of a rectangle with a length of 45 and diagonals of 51?
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Question 228677: The length of a rectangle is three less than twice its width. If the length is increased by 3 and the width is decreased by 1, a new rectangle is formed whose area is 5 more than the original rectangle. Find:
a) The dimensions of the original rectangle.
b) The area of the new rectangle.

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Question 229145: If the long side of a rectangle is 39 cm, what is its area? (rounded to the nearest tenth)
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Question 229229: The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than its width. the perimeter of the rectangle is 24 in. what anr the width and length of the rectangle?
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Question 229271: One side of the rectangular patio is 4 feet longer than the other. If the area of the patio is 140 square feet, what are the dimensions of the patio.
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Question 229273: An area of 52 square feet is to be enclosed by two squares whose sides are in the ratio of 2:3. Find the sides of the two squares.
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Question 229510: find the length and width if the perimeter of a rectangle is 114 yards
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Question 230208: a rectangular parking lot has a length that is 3 yards greater than the width. the ares of the parking lot is 180 square yards. find the length and width.
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Question 230357: pleeeeeeeeeeeeease help me! my assignment is due in 4 hours!!!!
a box with an open top is to be constructed from a rectangular piece of cardboard with dimensions 12 in. by 20 in. by cutting out equal squares of side x at each corner and then folding up the sides
a) find a function that models the volume of the box
b) find the values of x for which the volume is greater than 200 in^3
c) find the largest volume that such a box can have.
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Question 230465: The length of the rectangle is 1.5 times its width and the perimeter is 75 feet
I did guess and check but i couldnt find the answer
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Question 230540: how to simplify fully:
3x^2-75
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4x^2-17x-15

The ^2 means squared
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Question 230568: The length of a rectangle is 3 feet longer than the width. The perimeter is 30 feet. find the dimensions of the rectangle

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Question 230578: the length of a rectangle is 9 in.greater than the width. The area is 36 in.2

Find the dimensions.
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Question 230642: the length of a rectangle is 5m more than twice the width. The area is 42m(squared). Find length and width
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Question 230868: The perimeter of a rectangular field is 360 yards. If the width of the field is 84 yards, what is its length?
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Question 230809: A rectangle has dimensions of 60 by 40. The longer sides of the rectangle increase
by 20%, and the shorter sides decrease by 20% to create a new rectangle. Find the
ratio of the new rectangle’s perimeter to the old rectangle’s perimeter.
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Question 231184: find the dimensions of a rectangle whose length is 3 more than twice its width and has a perimeter of 30 centimeters
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Question 231139: the length of the garden is six feet more than three times the width. eighty four feet of total fencing is required .whats the length and width of the garden?
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Question 231231: the perimeter of a rectange is 264 and the length is 72 what is the width
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Question 231231: the perimeter of a rectange is 264 and the length is 72 what is the width
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Question 231270: A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. Find its dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its width?
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Question 231306: Mr. Smith bought 40 meters of fencing to make an enclosure for his dog Spot. If Mr. Smith makes a rectangular enclosure, what is teh largest area it can have?
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Question 231433: How would you expand and simplify:
(2m+n)(3m-2n)
Thanks.
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Question 231573: Renee wants to carpet her living room. If the room measures 15 feet x 18 feet, how many square yards of carpet must she purchase?

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Question 231697: The perimeter of a square is 56 feet. The side length is 4x feet. What is the value of x?
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Question 231412: The width of a rectangle is 9 cm shorter than it's length. The perimeter of the rectangle is 40 cm. What are the length and width of the rectangle?

And I don't know how this works so if you don't answer this one too that's okay;
The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 4 times the perimeter of a regular hexagon. The length of a side of the triangle is 10 cm more than 6 times the length of a side of the hexagon. What is the perimeter of the triangle? What is the perimeter of the hexagon?
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Question 232023: the lenght of a rectangular garden is 4meters more than 3 times its width the perimeter of the garden is 88 meters. what are the demensions of the garden?

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Question 232109: The area of a rectangle is 234 square feet. If the perimeter is 62 feet find the length o the rectangle
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Question 232163: A rectangle has sides of length 8 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of its diagonals
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Question 232164: A square has diagonals of length 10 cm. Find the lengths of its sides.
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Question 232161: A rectangle with diagonals of length 20 cm has sides in the ratio 2 : 1 what is the area of the rectangle
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Question 232160: A rectangle with diagonals of length 20 cm has sides in the ratio 2 : 1. Find the perimeter
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Question 232158: The longer side of a rectangle is three times the length of the shorter side. If the length of the diagonal is 10 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 232638: "the length of a rectangle is 5 cm. more than the width, and the area is 84 cm. find the dimentions."
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Question 232740: I want to make a pen using 120ft of fencing. The length is 5 times longer than the width. What is the width?
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Question 232748: The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 feet and its area is 180 square feet. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 233205: a diagonal of a square is 3 inches longer than a side of a square. find the length of the side
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Question 233379: 11ft 6inches by 10ft is how many sq ft

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