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document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangle is 170 feet. If the length exceeds 5 times the width by 1 foot,then what is the area of the rectangle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width be W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then length = 5W + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 2L + 2W = P, we now have: 2(5W + 1) + 2W = 170\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10W + 2 + 2W = 170\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12W = 168\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W, or width = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=168%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"168%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or 14 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length = 5(14) + 1, or 71 feet ------ Substituting 14 for W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = 14(71), or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28994%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28994%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > sq ft\r<BR>\n" );
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