document.write( "Question 268929: If I know the perimeter of a rectangle is 34 and the area is 60 how do I find the sides? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "We can set up two equations and solve it. Let x be one side and y be the other side as follows:
\n" ); document.write( "2x+2y=34
\n" ); document.write( "x(y)=60 Rewrite this as: x=60/y then plug this into the first equation as:
\n" ); document.write( "2(60/y)+2y=34 Now multiply by y to get:
\n" ); document.write( "120+2y^2=34y Subtract 34y from both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "2y^2-34y+120=0 Rewrite it as:
\n" ); document.write( "2(y^2-17y+60)=0 factor this to get:
\n" ); document.write( "2(y-12)(y-5)=0 Solve for y:
\n" ); document.write( "y=12
\n" ); document.write( "y=5
\n" ); document.write( "Now solve for x by plugging in 12 for y:
\n" ); document.write( "2x+2(12)=34
\n" ); document.write( "x=5
\n" ); document.write( "Plug in 5 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x=12
\n" ); document.write( "So we see one side is 12 and the other side is 5.
\n" ); document.write( "There we go!
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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