document.write( "Question 676169: The school board is planning to expand the current schoolyard from rectangle ABCD to rectangle AEFG. If each unit of the figure above represents 1 foot, by how many feet will the perimeter of the schoolyard have increased after the expansion?\r
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if one unit equal to \"1ft\", than:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"AB=120ft\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"AD=80ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, the perimeter of \"ABCD\" is \"P=2AB%2B2AD\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P=2%2A120ft%2B2%2A80ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P=240ft%2B160ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P=400ft\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the perimeter \"P%5B1%5D\" of \"AEFG\" will be: \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"AE=180ft\"............here \"AB\" increased by \"60\" units
\n" ); document.write( "\"AG=100ft\"............here \"AD\" increased by \"20\" units\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D=2AE%2B2AG\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D=2%2A180ft%2B2%2A100ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D=360ft%2B200ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D=560ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the schoolyard have increased after the expansion:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D-P=+560ft-400ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D-P=+160ft\"\r
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