document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1002808>Question 1002808</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What are the dimension of the first rectangle? if in a certain rectangle,the sum of the length and the width is 14 (measured in cm). A second rectangle is 5 times as look as the first, and 3 times as wide. The perimeter of the second rectangle is 91 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "length = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = 14-x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A second rectangle is 5 times as long as the first, and 3 times as wide.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = 3(14-x) = 42-3x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of the second rectangle is 91 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2[5x + 42-3x] = 91<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2[2x+42] = 91<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 84 = 91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7/4 (length of the 1st rectangle)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14-x = 14-(7/4) = 12 1/4 (width of the 1st rectangle)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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