document.write( "Question 163860: The length of a rectangle is 3 m longer than its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 38 m find its area \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = width
\n" ); document.write( "then because \"length of a rectangle is 3 m longer than its width\"
\n" ); document.write( "x+3 = length
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\n" ); document.write( "Perimeter of any rectangle:
\n" ); document.write( "2(width + length)
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\n" ); document.write( "so:
\n" ); document.write( "38 = 2(x + x+3)
\n" ); document.write( "38 = 2(2x+3)
\n" ); document.write( "38 = 4x+6
\n" ); document.write( "32 = 4x
\n" ); document.write( "8 m = x (width)
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\n" ); document.write( "length:
\n" ); document.write( "x+3 = 8+3 = 11 m (length)
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\n" ); document.write( "Area of any rectangle:
\n" ); document.write( "width * length = 8 * 11 = 88 square meters (answer)\r
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