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document.write( "The width of a rectangle is 2 meters more than one-third of the length. Width is . 
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document.write( "The perimeter of the rectangle is 92 meters.
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document.write( "P = 2l + 2w
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document.write( "  2x + 2(x/3 + 2) = 92m
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document.write( "  2x + (2/3)x + 4 = 92m
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document.write( "   (8/3)x = 88m
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document.write( "       x = (3/8)88m
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document.write( "       x = 33m, the length.  The width is 13m
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document.write( "   66m + 26m = 92m
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