document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=722580>Question 722580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't understand the method needed to be used to find the area of a rectangle if:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "perimeter=64 units <BR>\n" );
document.write( "length= x units<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width= 2x-11 units </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #442796 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=442796\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use fundamental relationships.  length*width is area for a rectangle.  Perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times the sum of length and width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In symbols, or variables, if L is length and W is width, then:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2L+2W=perimeter, and L*W= area.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are looking for area for your described rectangle.  Use perimeter to find your unknown x, and then use this in your calculation for area, L*W. </SPAN>\n" );
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