document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=341706>Question 341706</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 4 inches more than twice the width.  The perimeter is 68 cm.  Find the dimensions of the rectange.  (Round to two decimal places.) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #244696 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Jeannie1012><B>Jeannie1012(8)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Jeannie1012><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=Jeannie1012><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=244696\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To solve the perimeter of a rectangle you will use the formula 2W + 2L = perimter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First: Draw a picture of a rectangle. Label the width w since you don't know its value. Now for the length you know that it is 4 inches more than 2 times the width or 2w + 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so we know that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width  = W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 2W + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter = 68\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "STEP 2: plug the values you have into the formula. So 2L + 2w = perimeter becomes<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2(2w+4) + 2w = 68\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "STEP 3: Use distribution to solve and you get 4w + 8 + 2w = 68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "STEP 4: combine like terms and you get  6W + 8 = 68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "STEP 5: subtract 8 from both sides to get 6w alone and you get 6w = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "STEP 6: Divide by 6 to get the w alone, don't for get what you do to one side you have to do to the other so 6w/6 = w and 60 /6 = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and we now know that W = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now you can check your work by plugging 10 into the equation anywhere there is a w. so for length 2w + 4 become 2(10) + 4 = 20 + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and W = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 2L + 2W = 68 becomes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(24) +2(10) = 68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 + 20 = 68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "68 = 68 so it checks. </SPAN>\n" );
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