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document.write( "Bert is planning to fence his rectangular backyard for ducks. He has 100 meters of chicken wire to build the perimeter. What should the dimensions of the fence be of the length is 5 more than the width? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " He has 100 meters of chicken wire to build the perimeter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What should the dimensions of the fence be of the length is 5 more than the width?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But he has no \"duck wire\"!   (just joking)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then it says the length is 5 more than the width, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+5) = the length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter equation: 2L + 2W = P<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+5) + 2x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 10 + 2x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 100 - 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=90%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"90%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 22.5 m is the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22.5 + 5 = 27.5 m is the length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this by finding the perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(27.5) + 2(22.5) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55 + 45 = 100 </SPAN>\n" );
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