document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=888926>Question 888926</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A piece of wire is in the shape of an equilateral triangle with side 80 cm. The wire is reshaped into a rectangle in which the length is twice the width. calculate the area of the rectangle in square metres </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3 * 80 = 240cm, the total length of the wire<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The wire is reshaped into a rectangle in which the length is twice the width.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = the length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the x using a perimeter of 80 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(2x) + 2x = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 80/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 13<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(13<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) = 26<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cm is the length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 26<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > * 13<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 355.555 sq/cm is the area of the rectangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " calculate the area of the rectangle in square metres<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=355.556%2F100%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"355.556%2F100%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = .0355555 sq/m </SPAN>\n" );
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