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Question 533754: find the dimensions of a rectangle whose perimeter is 10 cm, and whose area is 3cm squared?
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Question 533909: The perimeter of a rectangle is 162ft. The ratio of the langth to width is 5:4. Find the length of the rectangle.
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Question 533933: a garden is shaped like a rectangle whose perimeter is 78 ft. The length is 9 ft more than the width than the width. find the lenth and width
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Question 534065: My problem is I cannot find the answer to this geometry problem
The perimeter of a rectangle is 28mm. The length of the rectangle is 4mm less than twice the width. Find the length of the rectangle.
I came up with this
P=2L+2W
28=2(2W-4)+2W
28=4W-8+2W
28=6W-8

Can you atlest tell me if I am on the right tract? I am unsure of myself.
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Question 534043: what are the dimensions of a rectangle of 120 inches if the width is 18 inches more than two times the width
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Question 534135: The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 ft. If the lenght of a rectangle is 15 ft. compute for the width, area and perimeter..
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Question 534120: the perimeter is 46cm and length of one side is 8cm find the length of the diagonal.

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Question 534426: A -foot ladder is placed so that it reaches to a point on the wall that is feet higher than twice the distance from the base of the wall to the base of the ladder.

How far from the wall is the base of the ladder?
How high does the ladder reach?

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Question 534415: Use inscribed rectangles to approximate the area under h(x) = –0.5x2 + 4 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 and rectangle width 0.25.
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Question 534414: Use inscribed rectangles to approximate the area under g(x) = –0.5x2 + 7 for –3 ≤ x ≤ 0 and rectangle width 0.5.
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Question 534439: A rectangle has perimeter 34 in. and has an area of 60 in2. What is the diagonal of the rectangle?
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Question 534445: the perimeter of a rectangle is 76m. the length is 8m more than twice the width. find the dimensions
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Question 534581: The length of a rectangular parking lot is 4 times greater than the width. The area of the parking lot is 140 square yards. Find the length and width.
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Question 534572: A rectangle is such that the lenghts of two of its adjacent sides differ by 5cm. A similar rectangle measures 18cm by 28cm. Find the lenght and breadth of the first rectangle.
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Question 534662: A square has an area of 49 square inches. If the same amount is added to the length and removed from the width, the resulting rectangle has an area of 45 square inches. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
(I need to understand how to solve- this is just a practice test)
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Question 534867: Find the value of x
area of a triangle is 27 and the base is 4x+1 and the height is 3x
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Question 535956: A rectangle has an area of 45 square inches. What are the dimensions of this rectangle that has the minimum perimeter?
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Question 535995: The length of a rectangle is 4 Meters longer than the width. If the area is 8 square meters, find the rectangle's dimensions. Round to the nearest tenth of a meter
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Question 536339: The length of a table is 5 meters greater than the width. The area of the table is 104m squared. What is the lenth and width?
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Question 536643: If a perimeter of a rectangle is 120 feet what is the width and length if the length is twice the width.
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Question 536710: i am building a rectangular table top. the perimeter is 22 ft. the area is 24feet squared. what are the dimensions of the tabletop?
Can you help by showing your work?
Thank you!
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Question 536860: Area of a Rectangle. write a polynominal that gives the area of the rectangle, Calculate its area for z = 6 inches.

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Question 536926: If I have a rectangle that has a diagonal measurement of 46" and a width of 36" what's the height of the rectangle.
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Question 536949: The length of a rectangle is 2 less than 3 times it's width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 36 in. Find the length and the width.
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Question 537039: write all possible competitions of length and breadth for a rectangle with area 36 sq cm. also find perimeter in each case
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Question 537198: "A rectangular plot of ground measures 48 meters by 20 meters. The owner plans to put a diagonal walk from one corner to the opposite corner. How long will the walk be?"
This question is confusing me because I don't understand how to find the middle!
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Question 537261: The length of a rectangle is 3 inches more than three times the width. The perimeter is 70 inches. Find the length and width.
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Question 537296: what are the length and width of a rectangle if the length exceeds the width by 49 inches and the perimeter is 134 inches
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Question 537497: The length of a rectangle is 1 unit and the width is w.if the width is increased by 3 units,by how many units will the perimeter be increased?
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Question 537924: What happens to the perimeter of a rectangle when each side is multiplied by the same factor?
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Question 537777: A rectangle has a perimeter of 62 cm. If the length and width are each increased by 2,by how many square centimeters does the area increase?
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Question 538105: the perimeter of a square is 40ft. find the length of a diagonal of the square to the nearest tenth

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Question 538428: A rectangular sheet of perimeter 40 cm and dimensions x cm by y cm is to be rolled into a cylinder. What values of x and y given the largest cylinder volume?
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Question 538628: the perimeter of a rectangle is 60 feet. the ratio of the width to the length is three to seven. find the area of this rectangle
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Question 539178: the length of a rectangle is 13 centimeters less than six times its width. its area is 15. find the dimension of the rectangle.
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Question 539286: If a rectangle is 8 feet by 15 feet what is the lenght in feet?

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Question 540176: what formula do i use to find the length of a square knowing only the perimeter and width?
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Question 540212: The length of the rectangle is 2m more than the width. The area of the rectangle is 48m squared. Find the length and the width.
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Question 540307: 36-5x+36-5x+4x+4x
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Question 540313: How do you find the length and width of a rectangle given the length of only 1 diagonal without using trigonometry? Is this even possible to solve?
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Question 540676: the length of a rectangle is 3 less than twice the width. if the perimeter is 72cm, what is the lenght of the rectangle? im trying to help my son with his homework and dont know how to explain this
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Question 540740: find the dimension of a rectangular lot whose area is 3600sq. m. and whose length exceeds its width by 50m.?

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Question 541719: If the rectangles area is 64 centimeters squared and it's length 4 cm what is width?
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