document.write( "Question 145535This question is from textbook College Geometry Musser, Trimpe, and Maurer
\n" ); document.write( ": hi, i was wondering if you could help me this problem #22 pg. 11 in the College Geometry 2nd Edition, Musser, Trimpe, and Maurer\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "23. Laura bends a piece of wire 72 in. long into the shape of a rectangle that is three times as long as it is wide. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?\r
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bend a piece of wire 72 in. long into the shape of a rectangle that is three times as long as it is wide. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = the width (W)
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\n" ); document.write( "3x = length (L)
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\n" ); document.write( "72\" will be the perimeter of the rectangle: 2L + 2W = 72
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\n" ); document.write( "2(3x) + 2x = 72
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\n" ); document.write( "6x + 2x = 72
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\n" ); document.write( "8x = 72
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"72%2F8\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 9\" is the width
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\n" ); document.write( "2(9) = 27 is the length
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution: 2(27) + 2(9) = \r
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