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document.write( "let x=length of legs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3=length of base (3 more than 2 times the length of the legs)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(length+width)=perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2x+3)=23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3=13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of base=13 units </SPAN>\n" );
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