document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1019782>Question 1019782</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular garden is 42 feet longer than it is wide its perimeter is 312 feet write a system of linear equations whose solution gives the width and length of the garden use a method of substitution to solve the system  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Make the garden's width = 'x'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length of garden = x + 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter = 2(Width) + 2(Length)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312 = 2(x) + 2(x + 42)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312 = 2x + 2x + 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Collect like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 312 - 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 228<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width = 57 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 99 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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