document.write( "Question 384251: Length of a rectangular room is 8 feet longer than twice the width the room is 184 feet what are the dimensions \n" ); document.write( "
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I assume that you are looking for perimeter; mark \"length\" as x and \"width\" as y.
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\n" ); document.write( "(x = 2y + 8)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Perimeter (184) = 2x + 2y
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use the substitution method to solve for y. If x = 2y + 8, then 2(2y + 8) + 2y = 184.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 1: 4y + 16 + 2y = 184. (Distributive property)
\n" ); document.write( "Step 2: 6y = 168 (Combine like terms)
\n" ); document.write( "Step 3: y = 28 (Divide by 6 to isolate y)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now that you have solved for \"y,\" we can solve for x! If x = 2y + 8, then x = (2*28) + 8.

\n" ); document.write( "56 + 8 = x
\n" ); document.write( "x = 64\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Length: 64
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