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document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangular building is 234 feet. The width is 25 feet shorter than the length. What are the dimensions? (Let W represent the width and L represent the length.)  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #179525 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=179525\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here we are just asked to set up the equations and not solve them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangular building is 234 feet. The width is 25 feet shorter than the length. What are the dimensions? (Let W represent the width and L represent the length.) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the formula for the perimeter  of a rectangle is 2L+2W=Perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we know that W=L-25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the perimeter =234<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and that 2L+2W=234<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So now we have two equations with two variables.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is enough information to solve them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We can substitute L-25 in the last equation for every W\r<BR>\n" );
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