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document.write( " A rectangular family room is twice as long as it is wide, and its area is 98 square feet. Find the dimensions of the family room. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then length is \"2x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*(2x) = 98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2 = 98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7 ft. (width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 14 ft. (lenght)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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