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document.write( "length = L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width = W<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(L+W) = 200ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L+W = 100 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LW = 2475<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for L and solve for W::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(100-W)W = 2475<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W^2 -100W + 2475 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = 45 or W = 55<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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