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document.write( "The length of a rectangle is 2 inches more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34, find the dimensions of the rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the width be \"w\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the length is \"2w+2\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34=2(w+2w+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17=3w+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15=3w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=5 (width is 5 inches)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 2w+2=12 inches<BR>\n" );
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