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A rectangle is 4 times as long as it is wide. If it were 6 meters shorter and 6 meters wider, it would be a square. What are the dimensions? ------
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the width be \"x\"
\n" ); document.write( "Then the length is \"4x\"
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\n" ); document.write( "New dimensions:
\n" ); document.write( "width = x+6
\n" ); document.write( "length = 4x-6
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation to solve for \"x\":
\n" ); document.write( "Assuming it is a square the width would equal the length::
\n" ); document.write( "x+6 = 4x-6
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 12
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4
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\n" ); document.write( "Original dimensions:
\n" ); document.write( "width = x = 4 meters
\n" ); document.write( "length = 4x = 16 meters
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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