document.write( "Question 318753: The perimeter of a rectangle is 38cm. one side is 11cm longer yhan the other side. find the lengths of the sides. I know one is 2w + 2l = 38 but I need to know what the other problem needed is, because its Solving Systems of Linear Equations by substitution. Please show me how to do the problem as well. \n" ); document.write( "
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1.\"2W+%2B+2L+=+38\"
\n" ); document.write( "I switched to capital letters since the small L and the number 1 look similar.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"one side is 11cm longer yhan the other side\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Pick one to be longer, it doesn't matter which one you choose.
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"L=W%2B11\"
\n" ); document.write( "Those are your two equations.
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute eq. 2 into eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"2W%2B2%28W%2B11%29=38\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2W%2B2W%2B22=38\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4W%2B22=38\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4W=16\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=W%2B11\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=4%2B11\"
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