document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=143876>Question 143876</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of a  rectangle is 178 inches. The length exceeds the width by 15 inches. Find the width and the legnth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The length is ?  inches?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The width is ? inches?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write in an integer or a decimal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Will someone please help me with this one. I thought last week would be all the questions I would have but NO I still have questions that I plainly do not understand. Help please. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #104693 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=104693\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of a rectangle is 178 inches. The length exceeds the width by 15 inches. Find the width and the length.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the width<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It says,\"The length exceeds the width by 15 inches.\" so we can say:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+15) = the length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we know,\"The perimeter of a rectangle is 178 inches.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2L + 2W = 178<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute (x+15) for L and x for w, and find x (the width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+15) + 2x = 178<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 30 + 2x = 178<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 2x = 178 - 30<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 148<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 37 inches is the width<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "37 + 15 = 52 inches the length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution by finding the perimeter with these values:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(52) + 2(37) = 178<BR>\n" );
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