document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=337043>Question 337043</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is one of our 4th graders math problems.  My husband and I are usually good about helping him but for some reason this just confused us.  Thanks for your help.  He does have to show his work on his paper.  Thank you again.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each Morning Jarilyn runs a total distance of 42 city blocks and always chooses a rectangular running path.  This morning her rectangular path was twice as long as it was wide. How many blocks long and how many blocks wide was this mornings rectangular path? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #241562 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=241562\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since the total number of blocks that Jarilyn ran was 42 blocks and her path was a rectangle, we can say that the perimeter of this rectangle is 42.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P+=+2%28L%2BW%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P+=+2%28L%2BW%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where L = length and W = width. and P is given as 42, so...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=42+=+2%28L%2BW%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"42+=+2%28L%2BW%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > If we divide both sides of the equation by 2, we get...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21+=+L%2BW ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21+=+L%2BW\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But we are told that the length (L) is twice as long as the width (W) or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L+=+2W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L+=+2W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so we can put this in place of L in the formula for the perimeter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21+=+%282W%29%2BW ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21+=+%282W%29%2BW\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which simplifies to...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21+=+3W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21+=+3W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and if we divide both sides by 3, we get...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7+=+W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7+=+W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L+=+2%287%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L+=+2%287%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of her run was 14 blocks and the width was 7 blocks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This seems a little advanced for fourth grade math! </SPAN>\n" );
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