document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=616862>Question 616862</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 6 times longer than the width. The perimeter is 42. What is the width? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let w = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then from: \"length of a rectangle is 6 times longer than the width\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6w = length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "42 = 2(w + 6w)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21 = w + 6w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21 = 7w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = w (width) </SPAN>\n" );
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