document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=818454>Question 818454</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangular parking lot is 4 meters less than twice its width, and the perimeter is 412 meters, find the length of the parking lot. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 4 = length\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter of a rectangle = 2(width) + 2(length)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 2(x - 4) = 412 {substituted into perimeter formula}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 2x - 8 = 412 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x - 8 = 412 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 420 {added 8 to each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 105 {divided each side by 4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 4 = 101 {substituted 130, in for x, into x - 4}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width = 105 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 101 m<BR>\n" );
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