document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=308467>Question 308467</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 1 more than twice the width. If the perimeter is 302 feet, find the length and width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So far I have W(2W+1)=302 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Good thing you stopped where you did because you were going in the complete wrong direction.  What you have by saying that the width is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\"> and the length is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2w\ +\ 1\"> (which was absolutely the right first thing to do) and then multiplying those quantities is that the AREA (not the perimeter) is 302 SQUARE feet.  That's because the formula for the area is length times width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you need is the formula for the perimeter:\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( "And then substitute your expression for length and the given value of the perimeter:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2(2w\ +\ 1)\ +\ 2w\ =\ 302\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6w\ +\ 2\ =\ 302\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And then just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\"> from which <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large l\ =\ 2w\ +\ 1\"> follows directly.\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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