document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=73320>Question 73320</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> WHAT IS THE AREA OF A RECTANGLE WITH A WIDTH OF 12 FEET AND A LENGTH OF 10 FEET?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHAT IS THE PERIMETER OF A TRIANGLE WHERE THE SIDES MEASURE 6,8,AND 10 INCHES?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHAT WOULD BE THE RADIUS OF A CIRCLE WITH A DIAMETER OF 8 INCHES? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a rectangle is found by multiplying the length times the width.  The length is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "normally considered to be the longest side of the rectangle.  Note here that this problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "calls the width 12 feet, but the length is 2 feet shorter than that.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Anyhow the formula for the Area of a rectangle is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = L*W<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where A is the area in square units and L and W are the length and width (both in the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "units of measurement).  So in this problem we call W = 12 feet and L = 10 feet so that the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = L*W = 10 * 12 = 120 square feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WHAT IS THE PERIMETER OF A TRIANGLE WHERE THE SIDES MEASURE 6,8,AND 10 INCHES?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter is the distance around a triangle.  It is found by adding the lengths of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the three sides.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem the perimeter of the given triangle is 6 + 8 + 10 = 24 inches.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WHAT WOULD BE THE RADIUS OF A CIRCLE WITH A DIAMETER OF 8 INCHES?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the radius is half the diameter.  The diameter is a line that goes from one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "point on the circle and through the center of the circle to a point on the opposite<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side of the circle.  The radius is a line that goes from a point on the circle just to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "center of the circle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For this problem, since the diameter is 8 inches the radius (which is half of the diameter) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "must be 4 inches.<BR>\n" );
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