document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=951990>Question 951990</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A certain gym floor has a perimeter of 286 feet. Its length is 47 feet greater than its width. Set up a system of two linear equations whose solution gives the length and width of the floor. Solve the system symbolically, graphically, and numerically.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x represent the length of the gym floor, and y represent the width of the court. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "p, perimeter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let p=286;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FORMULA:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "System of Equations:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitution may be simplest, and solve for y first, symbolically - no numeric substitutions until the end.  Using the formula solution for y, solve for x. </SPAN>\n" );
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