document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=413968>Question 413968</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the lenght is 2 more than 4 times the width. the perimeter is 158.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is there something missing, i took it as saying the length is 4 times the width plus 2. is there a formula to break down perimeter backwards?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i came up with 15.4 as width, and 63.6 as lenght,to give me 158 for perimeter, but mainly thru trial and error method, i took a number times 4 then added 2 till i got 158, i know that wasnt the way it supposed to be done, was wondering what the formula and how work should be shown. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "is there something missing, i took it as saying the length is 4 times the width plus 2. is there a formula to break down perimeter backwards?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i came up with 15.4 as width, and 63.6 as lenght,to give me 158 for perimeter, but mainly thru trial and error method, i took a number times 4 then added 2 till i got 158, i know that wasnt the way it supposed to be done, was wondering what the formula and how work should be shown.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = 4W + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter = 2L + 2W = 158<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(4W+2) + 2W = 158<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4W+2 + W = 79<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5W = 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 15.4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = 63.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = 2L + 2W is the only \"formula\" involved<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PS  It's length, not lenght\r<BR>\n" );
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