document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=487981>Question 487981</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 3 1/2 times its width. It's perimeter is 108cm. Find it's length and width. Choices for the width: 12, 18, 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm seriously stuck. My math teacher didn't teach us how to do this. He just gave us our assignment and told us it was hard.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It's perimeter is 108cm. Find it's length and width.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the width be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the length is (7/2)x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "108 = 2((7/2)x + x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "54 = (9/2)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (2/9)(54)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2*6 = 12 (width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = (7/2)x = (7/2)12 = 7*6 = 42<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choices for the width: 12, 18, 24 <BR>\n" );
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