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document.write( "The length of a rectangle  is   2 inches less than four times its width
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document.write( "width is x
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document.write( "P = 2L + 2W = 26in
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document.write( "     L + W = 13in
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document.write( "     (4x-2) + x = 13
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document.write( "          5x = 15
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document.write( "           x = 3in, the width.  The length is 10in
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