document.write( "Question 366912: The length of a rectangle is 9 feet more than its width. The perimeter is 58 feet. find the dimensions.(prior knowledge: perimeter=2 times the length plus 2 times the width) How do you write that? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #261539 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let x represent the width, then the length would be (x+9ft)
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document.write( "2(x+9ft) + 2*x = 58ft\r
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document.write( "Or
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document.write( "x = 10ft, the width.  the length = 19
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document.write( "2*10ft + 2*19ft = 20ft + 38ft = 58ft \n" );
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