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document.write( "The length of a rectangle is 10 cm longer than its width.  The perimeter of the rectangle is 68 cm.  What are the length and width of the rectangle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2W + 2L = 68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W + L = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = W + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sub for L in the 1st eqn<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W + (W+10) = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2W + 10 = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 12 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 22 cm<BR>\n" );
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