document.write( "Question 127778: Find the width and length of the rectangle so that it has the given perimeter:
\n" ); document.write( "P = 60 inches, width is x, and length is 3x – 5.\r
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Find the width and length of the rectangle so that it has the given perimeter:
\n" ); document.write( "P = 60 inches, width is x, and length is 3x – 5.
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\n" ); document.write( "The perimeter equation:
\n" ); document.write( "2(3x-5) + 2x = 60
\n" ); document.write( "6x - 10 + 2x = 60
\n" ); document.write( "6x + 2x = 60 + 10
\n" ); document.write( "8x = 70
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"70%2F8\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8.75 is the width
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "3(8.75) - 5 =
\n" ); document.write( "26.25 - 5 = 21.25 is the length
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\n" ); document.write( "Check the perimeter
\n" ); document.write( "2(21.25) + 2(8.75 =
\n" ); document.write( "42.5 + 17.5 = 60
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