document.write( "Question 1058395: The ratio of length to width in a rectangle is 3 to 1. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 152 feet, what is the length of the rectangle?
\n" ); document.write( "Select one:
\n" ); document.write( "a. 57 feet
\n" ); document.write( "b. 76 feet
\n" ); document.write( "c. 114 feet
\n" ); document.write( "d. 38 feet
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\"+L+%2F+W+=+3+%2F+1+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+L+=+3W+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+2L+%2B+2W+=+152+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+L+%2B+W+=+76+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Plug (1) into (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+3W+%2B+W+=+76+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+4W+=+76+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+W+=+19+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+L+=+3W+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+L+=+3%2A19+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+L+=+57+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(a) The length is 57 ft
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