document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=319627>Question 319627</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each side of a rectangle increased by l%. The perimeter of the rectangle is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a  4% b  2% c  1%  d 0.25%  e 0.5% </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #228893 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=228893\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each side of a rectangle increased by l%. The perimeter of the rectangle is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and y=length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original perimeter is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Increased by 1%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.01x = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.01y = lenth<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(1.01x + 1.01y) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*1.01(x+y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.02(x+y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "amount increased:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.02(x+y) - 2(x+y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+y)(2.02-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+y)(0.02)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.02(x+y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "percent increased is then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[.02(x+y)]/[2(x+y)] * 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[.02]/[2] * 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".01 * 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I copied and pasted Nerdy Bill's solution, and changed it from 10% to the requested 1%.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nerdy Bill used 10% increase (inadvertently) and got a 10% increase in perimeter.  I used 1%, and got a 1% increase in perimeter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter is linearly related to the side lengths.  s*x --> p*x </SPAN>\n" );
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