document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=460855>Question 460855</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 2 meters less than three times the width.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the maximum integer value of the length if the perimeter is less than 43 meters?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.  5 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.  13 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C.  15 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D.  16 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Could someone please help me with this problem and go over step by step with me?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I believe the answer is 5 meters because it is the only solution which the perimeter is less than 43 meters...???  HELP!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the maximum integer value of the length if the perimeter is less than 43 meters?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let w = the width of rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    L = 3w-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2(w+L)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "43 = 2(w + 3w-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43 = 2(4w-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43 = 8w - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8w = 47<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 47/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 3(47/8) - 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 15.6 should be 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The maximum integer value of the length is 15 meters if the perimeter is less than 43 meters.<BR>\n" );
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