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The length of a rectangle is 7yds
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document.write( "Let width be W
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document.write( "Then length = 3W - 7
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document.write( "We then get: W(3W - 7) = 66
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document.write( "(W - 6)(3W + 11) = 0 
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document.write( "W - 6 = 0                   OR                 3W + 11 = 0
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document.write( "W, or width =  yds       OR                 3W = - 11(ignore)   
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document.write( "Length: 3(6) - 7, or 18 - 7, or  yds \n" );
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