document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=359580>Question 359580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangle has a perimeter of 38ft.  The length is 1 ft. less than 3 times the width.  Write a system of equations to represent the problem using the two variables x and y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know length = 3W-1 and think one system of equation is Y=8x-2 (P=(8x-2) but can not figure out 2nd equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let width be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-3x=1.................1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter = 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*(x+y)=38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2y=38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=19.................2<BR>\n" );
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