document.write( "Question 290129: please help me solve this problem: the perimeter of a rectangle is forty yards. it is 1 and a half yards longer than it is wide. what is the length and width? \n" ); document.write( "
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2x+2(x+1.5)=40
\n" ); document.write( "2x+2x+3=40
\n" ); document.write( "4x=37
\n" ); document.write( "x=9.25 yds
\n" ); document.write( "x+1.5=10.75 yds
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