document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=567860>Question 567860</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 3 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 84 feet, find the width and the length.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length=______ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+x+x=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=2w-3 is what i have come up with but i am not sure where to go from there. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-3= length\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2W + 2L = Perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x) + 2(2x-3) = 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+4x-6=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x-6=84\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x-6=84+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=15 ft Width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-3 = 2*15-3 = 27 ft Length\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:  2*15 + 2*27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 +54 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "84  It checks!!\r<BR>\n" );
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