document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=664300>Question 664300</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the length of the rectangle is 2x-2 and the length is x with a perimiter of 140 what is the length of the shorter side  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Did you mean width is x?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 2l + 2w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 2(2x-2) + 2x = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x - 4 + 2x = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x - 4 = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 140 - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 136<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 22.67 is the width (the shorter side)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length  = 2(22.67)-2 = 43.33 is the length<BR>\n" );
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