document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=104448>Question 104448</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you show me how to solve this problem Step-By-Step?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A rectangle has a perimeter of 34cm. The length in centimeters of its adjacent sides are consecutive integers. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2L + 2W = 34\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If W is some integer, then L is that integer + 1, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If W = n, L = n+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P= 2(n+1) + 2n = 34\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2n + 2 + 2n = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4n + 2 = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4n = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = n = 8cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = n+1 = 9cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rectangle is 8cm x 9cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To check, plug it back in to perimeter formula:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = 2L + 2W = 2(9) + 2(8) = 18 + 16 = 34 &#8730;  correct </SPAN>\n" );
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