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document.write( "Question: The length of a piece of sheet metal is 1.5 times the width. The difference between the length and the width is 17 in. Find the length and the width. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Question: The length of a piece of sheet metal is 1.5 times the width. The difference between the length and the width is 17 in. Find the length and the width.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = 1.5*W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L - W = 17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"L\" and solve for \"W\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5W - W = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.5W = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 34 inches (width)<BR>\n" );
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