document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=662382>Question 662382</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> perimeter of a traffic sign is 100 inches, its length is 8 inches longer than its width, find the dimensions of this sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "perimeter of a traffic sign is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P=100in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P=100in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "its length <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > longer than its width <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,=>..<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=W%2B8in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=W%2B8in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "...so, your traffic sign is a rectangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P=2%28L%2BW%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P=2%28L%2BW%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100in=2%28L%2BW%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100in=2%28L%2BW%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ........plug in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=W%2B8in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=W%2B8in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100in=2%28W%2B8in%2BW%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100in=2%28W%2B8in%2BW%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%28100%2950in=cross%282%29%28W%2B8in%2BW%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%28100%2950in=cross%282%29%28W%2B8in%2BW%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50in=2W%2B8in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50in=2W%2B8in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50in-8in=2W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50in-8in=2W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=42in=2W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"42in=2W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=42in%2F2=W ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"42in%2F2=W\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28W=21in%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28W=21in%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now find <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=W%2B8in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=W%2B8in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >...plug in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=W=21in ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"W=21in\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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