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document.write( "Volume of a rectangular prism (box) = length * width * height\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let length be L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then width = L - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Height = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have: Volume = length * width * height, OR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80 = L(L - 3)(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "80 = 2L(L - 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(L - 8)(L + 5) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L, or length = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%288%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%288%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or L = - 5 (ignore as measurement CANNOT be negative).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since length = 8, then width = 8 - 3, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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