document.write( "Question 888030: The area of a rectangle is 352 square inches. The measure of each of the shorter sides equals the perimeter of a square with 4-inch sides. What is the measure of each of the longer sides of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "

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Perimeter is the sum of the length of all sides.
\n" ); document.write( "For a square with 4-inch sides,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"perimeter+=4in%2B4in%2B4in%2B4in=16in\"$
\n" ); document.write( "or $\"perimeter+=4%2A%284in%29=16in\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "I would call the measure of the shorter sides of the rectangle $\"W\"$ (for width).
\n" ); document.write( "I would call the measure of the longer sides of the rectangle $\"W\"$ (for length).
\n" ); document.write( "If each of the shorter sides of the rectangle measure
\n" ); document.write( " $\"W=16in\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "knowing that for the rectangle
\n" ); document.write( " $\"area=W%2AL\"$ , we figure that
\n" ); document.write( " $\"352in%5E2=%2816in%29%2AL\"$ , so
\n" ); document.write( " $\"352in%5E2%2F%2216+in%22=L\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L=highlight%2822in%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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