document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1046550>Question 1046550</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rectangle is 1.75 cm longer than the width. The parameter is 17.5 cm. what is the length of the sides and area of the triangle </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I presume you mean that the perimeter is 17.5 cm.  Yes, spelling is important.  Yes, using the correct terminology is important.  No, I don't \"know\" what you mean, I can only make plausible assumptions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\"> represent the width of the rectangle.  Then the length must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\ +\ 1.75\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangle is given by 2 times the length plus 2 time the width, so in this case:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  2(w\ +\ 1.75)\ +\ 2w\ =\ 17.5\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\">, then calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\ +\ 1.75\"> to determine the length.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area is given by the length times the width.  Find the product of the two results above.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given correct arithmetic, you will arrive at an answer for the area that has 3 decimal places.  It is an error to report the answer to this question with 3 decimal place precision since the least precise measurement provided in the stem of the problem is to 1 decimal place.  The correct answers to both parts of this question should be rounded to the nearest one-tenth centimeter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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