document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=611416>Question 611416</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your rectangular ad is 5 inches long its width is 2 inches shorter than the lenth what is the area of the ad </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #384956 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=radh><B>radh(108)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=radh><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=radh><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=384956\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We know that to find the area of the rectangle, you use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=l%2Aw=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"l%2Aw=a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. But this is a word problem, we don't have measurements put out for us that easily. Let's write this in a mathematical notation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your rectangular ad is 5 inches long (l=5). Its width is 2 inches shorter than the length (l-2).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since we know that l = 5, we can plug that in to get the width. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5-2=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5-2=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, the length is 5 and the width is 3. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A5=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A5=15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of the rectangle is 15. :) </SPAN>\n" );
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