document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=310528>Question 310528</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rectangle is 5 times its width. If the perimeter is 96 yards find the area </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the width and 5x be the length so the equation will be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2(5x)=96 Rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x=96 Divide both sides by 12 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the width is 8 yards and the length will be 40 yds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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