document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=237933>Question 237933</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than its width.  The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 in.  What are the width and length of the rectangle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's determine what we know. Set up the width as x and the length as x+8 Hence,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we can set up our equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+(x+8)+(x+8)=24 combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+16=24 Subtract 16 from both sides. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=8     Divide both sides by 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the width is 2 in. and the length is 10 in. <BR>\n" );
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