document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=240956>Question 240956</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2.  Suppose that the width of a rectangle is three feet shorter than length and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 84 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)	Set up an equation for the perimeter involving only L, the length of the rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer:  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)	Solve this equation algebraically to find the length of the rectangle. Find the width as well.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Answer:  Length 22.5, Width 19.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Show your work here:W=L-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2W+2L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(L-3)+2L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2L-6+2L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L=84+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L=90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=90/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=22.5 ANS. FOR THE LENGTH.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=22.5-3=19.5 ANS. FOR THE WIDTH.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*19.5+2*22.5=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "39+45=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( " </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2W+2L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(L-3)+2L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2L-6+2L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L=84+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L=90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=90/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=22.5 ANS. FOR THE LENGTH.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=22.5-3=19.5 ANS. FOR THE WIDTH.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*19.5+2*22.5=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "39+45=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84=84 </SPAN>\n" );
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