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document.write( "The width of a rectangle is 3cm less than 2/3 of its length 
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document.write( "The perimeter is 114cm. 
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document.write( "  2W + 2L = 
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document.write( "               4/3x -6 + 2x = 144
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document.write( "                 10/3x = 150
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document.write( "                     x = 150(3/10)
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document.write( "                     x = 45cm, the length.  the Width is 27cm  |||(2/3)45 - 3 \n" );
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