document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=21762>Question 21762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area og a rectangle is 36.  IF the length is 9, what is the perimeter?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is 26, but how do you get the answer.  Please show your work. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #10509 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=queenofit><B>queenofit(120)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=queenofit><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=10509\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First you must have the formula for perimeter of a rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=2L + 2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you have the length and the perimeter values, so plug them into the formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "26 = 2(9)+2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26 = 18 + 2w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26-18 = 2w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8= 2w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4=w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check your work by plugging the numbers into the formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26= 2(9) + 2(4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26=18 + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26=26 </SPAN>\n" );
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