document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=858853>Question 858853</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the Length of a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 124 m if the length is 8 m more than the width.  I tried dividing 124 by 4 then subtracting 8 from the width but I came up with 109 m doing that. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "L = length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2L%2B2w=124 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2L%2B2w=124\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=w%2B8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=w%2B8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your mistake was trying to divide the perimeter equation by FOUR.  Instead, look carefully at it; and divide both members by TWO.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----You should obtain <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L%2Bw=62 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L%2Bw=62\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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