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Question 575194: Find the length and the width of a rectangular garden for a horticultural designer who wants to enclose an area as large as possible with 500 feet of wires
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Question 575365: The perimeter of a rose garden is 140m and the area is 1200m squared. find the length and width of the garden.
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Question 575426: My sister needs me to help her with a problem but i have not done math in a long time so i need your help please, here is the question.
Q. A rectangular swimming pool is 2m longer than it is wide. If the width is decreased by 3m, and the length is increased by 4m, the area remains the same as the original area. find the original dimensions of the pool.
A. 18x20
I have found the answer because it is a riddle worksheet with multiple answers, but i do not know how to solve the problem itself without plugging it in.
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Question 575609: The perimeter of a rectangle is 56 inches. The ratio of the length to the width is 6:1. What is the length and the width.
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Question 576237: x^3-64

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Question 576985: what is the perimeter of a rectangle with the length of 2 cm and a width of 3 cm
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Question 577280: Mrs cook bought a rug for the room at home. The area of her rug was 21 square feet.what is a possible length and width of her rug?

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Question 576912: The length of a rectangle is 3cm less than twice the width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 72cm. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
I need help setting up the correct formula to find the answer, I tried a couple and my answer is still wrong.
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Question 577605: the area ofcarly's garden is 45sq feet it is 5 ft wide.what is the length of carly's garden?
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Question 577688: A square has an area of 64 square inches. What is the measurement of each side?
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Question 577414: if the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and the width is decreased by 20%then what will be the change in area and how much?
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Question 577817: a rectangle is 1 m narrower than its long, and one of its diagonals is 2 m longer than the width of the rectangle. what is the length of the diagonal.
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Question 577839: A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. If the length is decreased by 4 inches and its width is decreased by 3 inches, the area is decreased by 88 square inches. Find the original dimenions
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Question 577890: The lenght of a rectangle is 3 centimeters more than 3 time the width. If the width of the rectangle is 46 centimeters find the dimentions of he rectangle
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Question 577915: The sides of a rectangle are represented by 2W+5 and W-3. Represent its area in simplest form

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Question 577934: the length of a rectangle is three more than the midth. if the perimeter is 50, what are the length and width?
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Question 578051: the short side of the rectangle is 10cm how do you find the long side of the rectangle???
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Question 578230: area of rectangle is 6 3/4 yards, width is 9/10 yard what is the lenght of the rectangle
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Question 578347: picture:L= 4 inches shorter and W = twice as wide as an x by x sized picture
frame:L= 5 inches longer and W = 4 times longer than an x by x sized picture
how can i find the size of the frame and picture expressing it as a polynomial ?
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Question 578054: the circle diameter is 26cm there is a rectangle in the circle and the short side of the rectangle is 10cm how do tou find the long side of the rectangle???
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Question 578879: a rug is rectangular in shape and is 2 feet longer than it is wide. if its diagonal is 18 feet, find its dimensions
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Question 578980: The perimeter of a table is. 24ft. The table is twice as long as it is wide. How long + how wide is the table
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Question 578999: The length of a rectangle sign is 4 feet shorter than twice the width. The area of the rectangle is 48 squared feet. Could you help me find the dimensions of the sign?
I tried setting it up as
l(w)= 48sq.ft
2w-4=l
But it's not quite working.
Help please and thanks :)
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Question 579339: What is the area of a square lot having a side of 8 meters?

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Question 579340: A rectangular lawn has a length of 6 m and a width that is twice its length. What is the area of the lawn?

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Question 579663: the american flag is usually made with its width and length in the ratio of 10 to 19 which dimensions are in the correct ratio for the flag

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Question 579635: ok. so the area of the paralleogram is 84 cm. the base is 5 cm more than the height. we have to write an equation to find the base and height. I figured it out to be 7 and 12 but unsure how to prove it.
I was trying: 84= (h+5)h
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Question 579704: I have a problem on my homework that I cannot figure out. The question is "If P=2L+ 2W, L=11 feet, and P=25 feet, what is W?" I've tried to figure it out, but I forgot how to solve an equation that looks like that. Coul you please help?
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Question 579775: Technically the sides of a cube can be classified as rectangles, so I figured this would be the best spot.
A cube made of lead weights 40 pounds. How much does a cube of lead weigh if each dimension is one-half as large?
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Question 579802: What would be the area of a shape that has a perimeter of 120?
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Question 580228: In rectangle ABCD when AB = 4 and AD = 3. What is the measure of angle AEB?
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Question 580241: if the perimeter of a rectangle is 24 and the height and the length of the base are in a ratio of 3:1, what are the dimensions of the rectangle
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Question 580796: 1 acre rectangular deep 424' how wide to make 1 acre
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Question 580971: the perimeter of a rectangle is 44 inches.
what is the are of the rectangle?
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Question 581146: The perimeter of a rectangle with length l & width w is given by the formula p=2L+2W
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with lenth 4 meters and width 4 meters.
What I got was the following
p=2(4) + 2(4) so the final answer would be 6 because 2 * 4 = 8 & I would add 8 + 8.
Please help me understand if my answer is NOT correct.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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Question 581337: Perimeter of a rectangle is 100 feet and i have to find length which only gives me x-11 and width is 2x+7
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Question 581397: what are the dimensions of a rectangular room with a perimeter of 42 feet if the long side is twice as long as the short side
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Question 581398: Of the 80 employees working on the road construction crew, 35% worked overtime this week. How many employees did notwork overtime?
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Question 581350: The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 inches. If the ratio of its length to its width is 3 to 2, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 581547: I have a math project and its due March5,2012. i have to find the perimeter of a rectangle with one corner is a arch, how do i find the perimeter?
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Question 581628: I don't understand how to tell the base from the height in this problem:
Build a lot whose area is x^2+3x+5x+15
I am suppose to draw a diagram that fits this description and say what the length and height is in terms of x.
Can you help me?
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Question 581762: Suppose a farmer has 1000m of fencing to enclose a rectangular
field. What is the largest area that the farmer can enclose?
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Question 581757: what is the dimension of a rectangle whose length is 5 less than twice its width and whose area is 63 square units?
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