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Question 249886: List all possible whole number dimensions for rectangles that have a perimeter of 18 meters. which rectangle has the greatest area?
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Question 249967: A rectangular floor measures 3.5 meters by 4.5 meters. What is the are of the floor in square inches?
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Question 250295: Find the length and width of a rectangle when the length is 5 feet longer than the width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 50 feet.
Here is what I have:
2l+2w=P
2(x+5)+2(x)=50
2x+10+2x=50
4x+10=50
subtract 10 from both sides
4x=40
divide then x=10
Is this correct?
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Question 250292: Mary built a rectangular deck in her grandmother's backyard. The deck was 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. What was the length, in feet, of the diagonal of the rectangular deck?
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Question 250299: the length of a triangle is one foot more than twice the width. If the perimeter is 242 ft. Find the dimensions.
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Question 250396: The length of a rectangle is 7 centimeters less than twice its width.The perimeter of the rectangle is 34 cm. What are the demensions of the rectangle?
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Question 250417: a rectangle has a length that is 3 meters longer than twice the width what are the dimensions of the rectangle if its area is 27 square meters?
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Question 250419: the width of a rectangle is 8 cm. less than its length and the area is 20 sq cm. what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 250454: how do i find the width of a rectangle

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Question 250746: A rectangular fence is to be enclosed by 400m of fence. What dimension will give a maximum area?
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Question 250737: if the length of a rectangle is 4 feet and the perimeter is 30 feet what is the area?
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Question 250916: A rectangular blanket is 20 inches longer than it is wide. If the area of the blanket is 1,125 square inches, find the length and the width.
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Question 250982: If the width is x feet, and the length is 5 feet longer than the width, then the perimeter is
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Question 251140: what is the area of a rectangle with a permiter of 57
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Question 251204: Express the area A of a rectangle as a function of the length x if the length of the rectangle is twice its width.
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Question 251370: Perimeter of a square patio is 200 yards. What would be the length of one side to teh nearest tenth of a meter.
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Question 251765: The perimeter of a rectangle is 26 m. The length is 1 m more than twice the width. Find the dimensions
What I have so far
P = 2 * L + 2 * W
A = L * W
26=
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Question 251804: if the perimeter of a rectangle is expressed by the formula p=2l + 2w, the side w can be found by what formula
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Question 251834: it takes 500 feet to enclose a rectangular plot that has a width of 50 feet. What is the length of the plot?
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Question 251969: the length is twice the width and area is 18
i have to find length and width
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Question 251969: the length is twice the width and area is 18
i have to find length and width
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Question 252070: the width of a rectangle is 3 yards less than its legth. the perimeter is 130 yards. find the length and width of the rectangle show the work
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Question 252176: A square piece of paper is folded in half vertically. If the resulting figure has a perimeter of 18 cm, what was the area of the original square?
A. 9 cm2 B. 18 cm2 C. 24 cm2 D. 36 cm2 E. 81 cm2
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Question 252045: There is a rectangle of length 8inches and breadth 4.5 inches.
We have to bisect this rectangle into two equal parts and if we join the pieces the resultant should be a square of 6 inch side.
Can anyone give a solution on this?
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Question 252288: If the diagonal of a rectangle has length 7 feet and the rectangle’s area is 16 square feet, what is the perimeter of the rectangle in feet?
a 10 feet b 15 feet c 18 feet d 23 feet e 26 feet
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Question 251162: A rectangle has a perimeter of 14 feet, and twice its length l is equal to two more than 4 times its width w. Find l and w.
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Question 252341: A farmer has 2400 feet of fencing and wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a straight river. Find the dimensions of the fence to maximize the area enclosed by the fence.

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Question 252444: suppose a rectangle has a diagonal of length 22 and two sides of length 8 each . what is the length (to the nearest tenth)of each of the other sides ?
a 20.5 b 20.7 c 20.9 d 21.1 e 21.3
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Question 252596: A rectangle is three times as long as it is wide. The perimeter is 40 feet. Find the width.
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Question 252596: A rectangle is three times as long as it is wide. The perimeter is 40 feet. Find the width.
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Question 252610: The perimeter of a rectangle is 54. The lenght is 3 more than the width. Find the lenght and width
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Question 252661: FIND THE DIMENSIONS OF A RECTANGLE WHOSE PERIMETER IS 76CM THAT WILL GIVE THE MAXIMUM AREA.
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Question 249481: The dimensions of a rectangle are 2x-5 and 3x-4. Which expression best describes the perimeter of the rectangle in simplest form?
a) 5x - 9
b) 10x - 18
c) 6x(squared) - 7x - 20
d) 6x (squared) - 23x +20
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Question 252930: the length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. if the area of a rectangle is 147 cm sq. what is the perimeter
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Question 252930: the length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. if the area of a rectangle is 147 cm sq. what is the perimeter
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Question 252964: Mr. Harrison has a very large backyard. He contacted the Clover Pool Company to have a pool installed in the shape of a rectangle. The Clover Pool Company would build a pool that has a perimeter of 72 yards. Mr. Harrison would be allowed to choose the dimensions (length and width) of the pool. He chose the dimensions that would give him the greatest area possible.
What are the demensions of the pool that would give Mr. Harrison the greatest area?
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Question 253290: The length of a rectangle is 4in longer than its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 28in , find its area.

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Question 253329: a rectangle has an area of 24 square units. the width is 5 units less than the length. what is the lenght in units of the rectangle?
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Question 253329: a rectangle has an area of 24 square units. the width is 5 units less than the length. what is the lenght in units of the rectangle?
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Question 253338: Assume 200 students attend a dance. It costs $350 plus $1.25 for each ticket sold. What is the cost per ticket you need to cover your expenses?
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Question 253396: a rectangle is 5 feet longer than it is wide. the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 feet. what is the length of the rectangle
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