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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you show me how to set up this problem? What is the perimeter of a rectangle, given that the length is x yards and the width is 10 yards shorter? The perimeter is not given and I don't know how to solve this equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Just write what it says:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = (x-10)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 2L + 2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute; x for L, and (x-10) for W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 2x + 2(x-10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply what's inside the brackets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 2x + 2x - 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 4x - 20  </SPAN>\n" );
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