document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=64025>Question 64025</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395771161/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra Structure and Method Book 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide.If both its dimensions are increased by 4 m,its area is increased by 88 m squared.Make a sketch as in Oral Exercise 1.Find the dimensions of the original rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "L=2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AREA OF ORIGINAL RECTANGLE = LW = 2W*W=2W^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L IS INCREASED TO L+4=2W+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W IS INCREASED TO W+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AREA OF NEW RECTANGLE = (2W+4)(W+4)==2W^2+12W+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "INCREASE IN AREA = 2W^2+12W+16-2W^2=12W+16=88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12W=88-16=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=72/12=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=2W=12<BR>\n" );
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