document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=261632>Question 261632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of  a rectangle is 100 meters. Its length is 7 meters less than twice its width. Find its area. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width be W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then length = 2W - 7, since its length is 7 meters less than twice its width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since its perimeter is 100 meters, and since perimeter = 2W + 2L, we will then have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2W + 2(2W - 7) = 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2W + 4W - 14 = 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6W = 114\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W, or width = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=114%2F6+=+19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"114%2F6+=+19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since its width, or W = 19, then L, or its length = 31 (2*19 - 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since its width = 19, and length = 31, then its area = 19 * 31 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28589%29+m%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28589%29+m%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or squared meters. </SPAN>\n" );
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