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document.write( "If the perimeter of a rectangle is 40 centimeters and the legnth is 8 centimeters, determine the width of the rectangle.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let W be the width of the rectangle. Then the perimeter is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*width + 2*length = 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*W + 2*8 = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*W + 16 = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*W = 40-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*W = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 12<BR>\n" );
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