document.write( "Question 187616: jasmine drew a rectangle which is 143sqare mm. ethan drew a rectangle inside of jasmine's which is 35 square mm. ethan's rectangle has a 3 mm border between his and jasmine's rectangle. what are the length and width of jasmines rectangle?\r
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document.write( "after many attempts i believe the answer is 13mm X 11 mm. i have worked backwards but cannot seem to find the equation to use for finding either the length or width. using A = l x w
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Algebra.Com's Answer #140647 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x=length of outer rectangle, y=width of outer rectangle\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If we draw a picture, we get\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: the inner rectangle's dimensions are 6 units less than the corresponding on the outer rectangle since there are two 3 unit lengths per side.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's set up the equation for the area of the outer rectangle:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); 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document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the width would then be...\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the width is 11 mm (note: this is the other answer)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now subtract 6 mm from each dimension to get\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "13-6=7 and 11-6=5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the inner rectangle's dimensions is 7 mm by 5 mm\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=============================================================\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we just found the following...\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Outer Rectangle: \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Length = 13 mm, Width = 11 mm\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Inner Rectangle: \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Length = 7 mm, Width = 5 mm\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Check:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "143=13*11 \n" ); document.write( "143=143...works\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "35=7*5 \n" ); document.write( "35=35...works\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |