document.write( "Question 437347: Hi could someone please help with this word problem.
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document.write( "length of a rectangle is 8 meters more than the width
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document.write( "Let x and (x+8m)represent the width and length respectively
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2(x+8m) + 2x = 156m
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document.write( "                4x = 140m
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document.write( "                 x = 35m, the width.  the length is 43m  (35m+m8m)\r
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document.write( "  2*43m + 2*35m = 86m + 70m = 156m \n" );
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