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document.write( "let width be x in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = x+8 in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter = 2*(L+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*(x+x+8)=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(2x+8)=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+16=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=24-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=2 in the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2 = 2+8 =10 in the length<BR>\n" );
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