document.write( "Question 1086586: One side of the rectangle exceeds three times the other side by 2 centimeters. Find the length of the sides if the perimeter is 52 centimeters. \n" ); document.write( "
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let one side of the rectangle be \"a\" and the other side \"b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if one side of the rectangle exceeds three times the other side by \"2+\" centimeters, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=3b%2B2\".....eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " if the perimeter is \"52\" centimeters, we have:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2a%2B2b=52\"...both sides divide by \"2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%2Bb=26\".......eq.2...substitute \"a\" from eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3b%2B2%2Bb=26\"......solve for \"b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4b=26-2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4b=24\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=24%2F4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "find \"a\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=3b%2B2\".....eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=3%2A6%2B2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=18%2B2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=20\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, the length of the sides are \"20\" and \"6\"\r
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