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document.write( "1. Write down pertinent information from the problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=w+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. Although it is not given in the problem, one needs to use the following formula for determining the perimeter of a rectangle <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=2L+2W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. Plug in the values given in the problem and solve:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44=2(w+4)+2W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distribute the 2 to get rid of the parentheses:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44=2W+8+2W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44=4W+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 8 from each side because we need to get w by itself\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44-8=4W+8-8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "on the right, the 8's cancel out leaving:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36=4W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36/4=4W/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9=W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4. Solve the following equation for L\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L=W+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute 9 for W and add\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L=9+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13=L\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5. to check your answer plug the numbers for L,W into the formula for perimeter from above\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P=2L+2W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44=2(13)+2(9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44=26+18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44=44<BR>\n" );
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