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document.write( "If the perimeter of the rectangle is 38m , find its area.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 5 = length\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 2(x + 5) = 38 {perimeter equals two times length plus two times width}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 2x + 10 = 38 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 10 = 38 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 28 {subtracted 10 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7 {divided both sides by 4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 5 = 12 {substituted 7, in for x, into x + 5}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width = 7m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 12m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area = 84 m^2 {area = length x width}<BR>\n" );
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