document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979718>Question 979718</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rectangle is 4 times the width. let y be the width and x be the length. Write a function for the perimeter of the rectangle as a function of x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " let y be the width and x be the length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Write a function for the perimeter of the rectangle as a function of x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 2x + 2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"the length of a rectangle is 4 times the width. \"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4y but can we can also write this as: y = .25x and replace y with .25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = 2x + 2(.25x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = 2x + .5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = 2.5x </SPAN>\n" );
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