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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Harold Johnson lives on a four-sided, 50,000-square-foot lot that is bounded on two sides by parallel streets. The city has assessed him $1,000 for curb repair, $2 for each foot of property bordering on these two streets. How far apart are the streets? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let's assume his property is a rectangle with length, L, and width, W.
\n" ); document.write( "The lengths, L, are the sides bordering the streets.
\n" ); document.write( "The distance between the street is then W.
\n" ); document.write( "We know the area,
\n" ); document.write( "1. $\"LW=50000\"$
\n" ); document.write( "We know the assessment of his bordering lengths, (L+L), at $2/ft totals $1000
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%282L%29=1000\"$
\n" ); document.write( "2. $\"4L=1000\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L=250\"$
\n" ); document.write( "From 1,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"LW=50000\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"250W=50000\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28W=200%29\"$ \r
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