document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56288>Question 56288</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help i do not know how to convert this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter of a rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The width of the rectangular play ground is 2x-5 feet, and the length is 3x+9 feet.  Write a polynomial p(x) that represents the perimeter and then evaluate this perimeter polynomial if x is 4 feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #38233 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><B>Cintchr(481)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=38233\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> P(x) = 2 ( l + w )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "l = 3x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 2x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "DO NOT plug x in yet.  Even though this is a simple number, sometimes you will have a fraction or a decimal to plug in, and it is easier to combine like terms and multiply once, than to multiply several times and then add.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P%28x%29+=+2+%28+3x+%2B+9+%2B+2x+-5+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P%28x%29+=+2+%28+3x+%2B+9+%2B+2x+-5+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "First combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P%28x%29+=+2+%28+5x+%2B+4+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P%28x%29+=+2+%28+5x+%2B+4+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Disxribute <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P%28x%29+=+10x+%2B+8+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P%28x%29+=+10x+%2B+8+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW plug in the x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P%284%29+=+10%284%29+%2B+8+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P%284%29+=+10%284%29+%2B+8+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P%284%29+=+40+%2B+8+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P%284%29+=+40+%2B+8+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P%284%29+=+48+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P%284%29+=+48+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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