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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Joannie wants to enclose a rectangular area with 408 meters of fencing. If the width is 24 metes less than the length, what will the length and width of the enclosed area be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)=408<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length + width = 204 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let length be \"x\" ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then width is \"x-24\" ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x-24=204<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=228<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=114 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-24=90 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area= length * width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=90*114<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=10260 sq meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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