document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=81399>Question 81399</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of a rectangle is 44ft.  The length of the rectangle is 2ft less than three times the width.  Find the length of the rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter is the two lengths and two widths added together. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let each width be x.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each length is 2ft less than 3 times the width...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "...2ft less than ...means you are subtracting from the 3 times the width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 times the width equals 3x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then you subtract 2ft...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each length is 3x - 2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you must add two widths and two lengths to equal the perimeter...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+(3x-2)+(3x-2)=44\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add similiar variables together...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+3x+3x=8x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2-2= -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which equals...    8x-4=44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     +4   +4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                   8x=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide each side by 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                         x=6 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then you need to plug in x to both the widths and lengths...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       each width is 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       each length is (3(6)-2) --->18-2=16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check answer by adding them together... 6+6=12, 16+16=32... 12+32=44\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is each length is 16.<BR>\n" );
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