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document.write( " the length of a rectangle is 2 less than 4 times the width and the perimeter is 56? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the length of a rectangle is 2 less than 4 times the width and the perimeter is 56?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let w = width of rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then from \"the length of a rectangle is 2 less than 4 times the width\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4w-2 = length of rectangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter is 2(L + W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2[(4w-2) + w] = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2[5w-2] = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10w-4 = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10w = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 6 (width)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4w-2 = 4(6)-2 = 24-2 = 22 (length) </SPAN>\n" );
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