document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=282446>Question 282446</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Translate the statement below into a mathematical equation. The equation should contain only one variable. DO NOT SOLVE.:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Perimeter of a rectangle is 600. The length of the rectangle is 2 more than 3 times the width. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\"> represent the width.  Then the length is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 3w\ +\ 2\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Perimeter of a rectangle is calculated by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P\ =\ 2l\ +\ 2w\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting what we know:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2\left(3w\ +\ 2)\ +\ 2w\ =\ 600\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And do a little simplifying:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8w\ +\ 4\ =\ 600\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is nothing particularly sacred about doing this the way I have done it.  You could very well express the width in terms of the length and derived a very different looking, but nonetheless equivalent expression.  So instead of:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ l\ =\ 3w\ +\ 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You would start with:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ w\ =\ \frac{l\ -\ 2}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The final result would be uglier than a mud fence, but not any less correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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