document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=278602>Question 278602</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rectangle is two more than three times its width the perimeter is 188. what is the length? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the length will be 3x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+2*(3x+2)=188\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+6x+4=188<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=188-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=184/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=23   whixh is the width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length = 71<BR>\n" );
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