document.write( "Question 947326: The length of a patio is four times its width. The perimeter is 80 feet. Find the length and the width. Explain your work with diagrams, algebra, and words. \n" ); document.write( "
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Length, L;
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\n" ); document.write( "\"L=4w\".
\n" ); document.write( "\"p=80\".
\n" ); document.write( "\"2w%2B2L=p\";
\n" ); document.write( "\"2w%2B2L=80\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can draw a diagram:
\n" ); document.write( "Draw a rectangle. Label the longer dimension L, and label the shorter dimension w, and include with it, L=4w on the longer dimension.
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