document.write( "Question 255441: A 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 slove this problem? What is the length of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #187777 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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