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Question 79986: The length of a rectangle is 2 in. more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 46 in., find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 79982: A rectangular solid has a base with length 2 cm and width 3 cm. If the volume of the solid is 42 cm^3, find the height of the solid. [Hint: The volume of a rectangular solid is given by V=LWH.]
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Question 81679: I have a figure of a rectangle, the measurement for the top is x/2x-5 and the measurement for the right side is 8/2x-5. I need to find the perimeter of the figure. My answer is x^2/4x-10 and 16/4x-10 am I right? or even close?
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Question 81851: The length of a rectanglular garden is 4 ft. less than 2 times its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 22 ft., find the dimensions of the garden.
Could the formula possibly be 2(2x - 4) - 2x = 22 ???
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Question 82261: The length of a rectangle is 3in more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 36in, find the width of the rectangle.
(a)7in
(b)6in
(c)4in
(d)5in
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Question 82760: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 24ft and the width is 7ft, find its width. I know I need to use the formula of P=2L+2W which is P=2(x)+2(7).. Please help
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Question 82824: The lenth of a retangular garden is 2ft less than3 times its width. If the perimeter of the garden is 44ft, find the dimensions of the garden.

I am struggling with this one as story problems are my weak point for some reason can someone please help?
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Question 82802: A rectangle has sides of 3x-4 and 7x+10. Find the expression that represents its perimeter.
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Question 83209: My son has a homework problem which shows a picture of a 10x12 rectangle.
Question 1 asks what the area is? I believe its 120 square units.
Question 2 (im lost) Its says "can you name two other rectangles with the same area? Explain how you can prove that these two rectangles have the same area as the 10x12 rectangle? "
Thanks for the help
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Question 83593: On this particular problem you are to refer to the rectangle, but I don't know how to add the rectangle into this page for a visual effect, but this is the directions and the measurements that I have.
Find the perimeter of the given rectangle: The measurements that I have are: Top part of rectangle (length) is x/2x-5 and the width line on the right is 8/2x-5.
I hope that this is enough to understand what is needed and please explain step by step for me. Thank You.
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Question 84014: when you know the heighth of a rectangle is 12 and the width is 12 how do you get the diagnal measerment?
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Question 84091: The area of a rectangle of length x is given by 3x^2+5x. Find the width of the rectangle. How do I do this?
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Question 84091: The area of a rectangle of length x is given by 3x^2+5x. Find the width of the rectangle. How do I do this?
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Question 84326: In general why is it important to square both sides of an equation?
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Question 85202: P=2L+2W P=23,AND L=7 Solve for W. For some reason Valencia Comm. College thinks that the answer is W=2, I disagree. My answer is 4.5 again and again.

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Question 85215: if the area of a rectangle is 13.5 square units and the length is 1/5 the perimeter. what is the length and width of the rectangle?
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Question 85276: A rectangular label on a book has an area of 44^cm2 and a perimeter of 27cm.Find the dimensions of the label.If somebody could help me with thes thank you a lot.
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Question 85386: How do you find the demensions of a rectangle?

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Question 85705: if the perimeter of the rectanglangle is 48 yards find the length if it is 3x the width
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Question 85821: The length of a rectangular playing field is 5 feet less than twice its width. If the perimeter of the playing field is 230 ft, find the length and width of the field.
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Question 86312: the length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 86436: The length of a rectangle is 6 ft longer than its width. The perimeter is 84 ft . What is the length?
84=2w+2l then I forget how to do this. Thank you.
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Question 87300: A rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle of radius 2. If the variable x represents half the length of the rectangle, express the area of the rectangle as a function of x.
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Question 87336: Please help! The length of a rectangle plus its width is 40m. The area is 336 square meters. How long is the longest side of the triangle?
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Question 87341: The length of a rectangular playing field is 5 ft less than twice its width.
If the perimeter of the playing field is 230 ft, find the length and width of the field.

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Question 87998: Would someone please show the solution to this word problem step by step. Thank you.
The length of a rectangle is 1 cm longer than its width. If the diagonal of the rectangle is 4 cm. What are the dimensions (the length and the width) of the rectangle?
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Question 88169: In a quadrilateral with equal diagonals, why can't we conclude that it is a rectangle?
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Question 88509: I havea Question that is really giving me a hard time. Please Help.
Finf the length of each side of the rectangle so that it has a perimeter of 50. One side is 2x-5 and one side is x.
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Question 88513: The length of a rectangle is 5in. more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 in., find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 89935: 44. Geometry. The length of a rectangular playing field is 5 ft less than twice its width.
If the perimeter of the playing field is 230 ft, find the length and width of the field.
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Question 90410: If i have a rectangle with an area of 66 sq cm, and a length of 13 cm less than four times the width, how do i find its dimensions?
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Question 90936: Winter wheat. While finding the amount of seed needed to plant his three square wheat fields. Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer than the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilometers, then what is the area of each field?
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Question 91989: The length of a rectangle is 7m more than its worth, and the area of the
rectangle is 98m^2. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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Question 76923: A square-shaped picture measures 5 1/2inches along each edge. what is are of the picture?
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Question 19881: The length of a rectangular garden is 8 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 196 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?

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Question 19879: The length of a rectangular garden is 10 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 184 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?

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Question 27898: 58. Geometry. The length of a rectangle is 2 in. more than twice its width. If them perimeter of the rectangle is 34 in., find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 16886: Find the area of a rectangular tennis court if the perimeter is 480 feet. The length of the court is six feet more than twice the width.
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Question 93286: Find the perimeter of a square whose diagonal measures 12in.
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Question 93266: I am having trouble with this word problem. Find an expression that represents its perimeter. Length Width
How do I solve this problem? Please help me.
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Question 94036: The length of a rectangle is 1cm longer than its width.
If the diagonal of the rectangle is 4cm, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?

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Question 95169: I have been trying this problem for three days now and still can not come up with anything. Please Help show me the light. I was asked to find two different rectangles with the same perimeter and the same area. Tried all kinds of different combos of numbers. I know sides of 0 will work, but that isn't a rectangle. Thank you much, Rich
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Question 95330: find the perimeter and area of a rectangle with length 10 cm and width 4.5 cm.

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