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document.write( "Note: Perimeter in meters(a sum of lengths).  Area is expressed in square meters
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document.write( "A rectangle perimeter is 54 . The rectangle is 18 meter long. 
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document.write( "What is it's width 
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document.write( "  P = 2*18m + 2w = 54m  
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document.write( "       36m + 2w = 54m
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document.write( "             2w =  18m
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document.write( "              w = 9m
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document.write( "      2*36m + 2*9m = 54m \n" );
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