document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=43460>Question 43460</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0073016020/algebrahomeworkh>0-07-301602-0</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than twice its width.  If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2w+%2B+2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2w+%2B+2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangle is given by 2w + 2l, and we can equate it to 52, by the problem statement:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2w+%2B+2%282w+%2B+2%29+=+52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2w+%2B+2%282w+%2B+2%29+=+52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distributive property:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6w+%2B+4+=+52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6w+%2B+4+=+52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6w+=+52+-+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6w+=+52+-+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6w+=+48 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6w+=+48\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w+=+48%2F6+=+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w+=+48%2F6+=+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, if width is 8 cm, the length of our rectangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A8+%2B+2+=+16+%2B+2+=+18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A8+%2B+2+=+16+%2B+2+=+18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cm. </SPAN>\n" );
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