document.write( "Question 255446: The length of a rectangle is 8 times its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 216 inches. What is the algebraic equation you would use to solve this problem? What is the length of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #187729 by rfer(16322)\"\" \"About 
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2x+2(8x)=216
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\n" ); document.write( "18x=216
\n" ); document.write( "x=12 in
\n" ); document.write( "8x=96 in
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