document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=958193>Question 958193</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a 4th grade problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A rectangle is 7 meters long. the perimeter is 24 meters. What is the width of the rectangle? Know the answer but not sure how to write the answer? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #585559 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=585559\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times the length plus 2 times the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know the length is 7, so 2 times the length is 14.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the perimeter is 2 times the length plus 2 times the width, and 2 times the length is 14, then the perimeters is equal to 14 plus 2 times the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know the perimeter is 24 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that 24 is equal to 14 plus 2 times the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since the perimeter is equal to 2 times the length plus 2 times the width, if you take away 2 times the length, you are left with 2 times the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "perimeter is equal to 24.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 times the length is equal to 14.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take away 14 from 24 and you are left with 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that two times the width must be equal to 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if 2 times the width is equal to 10, then the width must be equal to 5 because 2 * 5 is equal to 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your answer is that the width is equal to 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you confirm by taking 2 times 7 plus 2 times 5 which is equal to 14 plus 10 which is equal to 24 which is equal to the perimeter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the logic is very similar to what you do algebraically but it's not called that because the fourth graders haven't learned algebra yet and so they can't speak that language.\r<BR>\n" );
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