document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=329318>Question 329318</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> length of a rectangle is 3cm longer than its width. if the perimetre of the rectangle is 26cm, what is the length? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x represent the width and length x+3. Now we can set up the following equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2(x+3)=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+6=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 6 and divide by 4 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK, we know the width is 5 cm and length is 8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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