document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56777>Question 56777</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 20.	The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than twice its width.  If the perimeter of the rectangle is 64 in., find the width of the rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)	7 in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)	8 in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)	9 in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)	10 in.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width be \"w\".  Then length is \"2w+8\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 = 2(2w+8+w)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32=3w+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3w=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8 inches = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2w+8=24 inches = length<BR>\n" );
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