document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=313246>Question 313246</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a rectangle is 24 square centimeters and its side lengths are x centimeters and x + 2 centimenters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.  find the side lengths of a rectangle.  justify your answer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.  find the perimeter of the rectangle </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Width = x + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length x Width = x x (x + 2) = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 2x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 2x - 24 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "( x - 4) ( x + 6 ) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 4 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width = 4 + 2 = 6 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check :<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1) 4 + 2 = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) 4 x 6 = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2 ( Length + width )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2 ( 4 + 6 )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2 ( 10 )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 20 cm. </SPAN>\n" );
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