document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=621585>Question 621585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is four times its width. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the perimeter of the rectangle is 50in, find its area. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So each length is four times the width = 4x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter consists of two widths and two lengths and equals 50 inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+4x+4x=50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for x:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x = 50 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to find x divide both sides by 10:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x/10 = 50/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So width equals 5 in and length is four times this i.e. 4x5=20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To check: 5+5+20+20=50 !!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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