document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60671>Question 60671</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534944949/algebrahomeworkh>Essential Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, I am a distance education student and new to geometry. I do not get it. Every other math sight I have found only tell you the answer but not how they got it. Thanks, Lee Ann \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Problem: The Width of a rectangle is three feet less than its length. Find the length of the rectangle if its perimeter is 78 feet.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #41632 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=41632\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PERIMETER=2*LENGTH+2WIDTH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78=2*L+2(L-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78=2L+2L-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78=4L-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L=78+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=84/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=21 THEN THE WIDTH=21-3=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78=2*21+2*18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78=42+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78=78<BR>\n" );
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