document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=441398>Question 441398</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 94 m if the length is 5 m more than the width. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the width be \"x\" meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then length is \"x+5\" meters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "94 = 2(x+5 + x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47 = 2x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 21 meters (width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5 = 26 meters (length)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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