document.write( "Question 1091232: A rectangle's length and width are in a ratio of 19:6. The perimeter is 100 millimeters. What are the length and width? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    \"A rectangle's length and width are in a ratio of 19:6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "means that the length = 19x and the width = 6x, where x is the common measure.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for the perimeter you have\r\n" );
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document.write( "Length + width + length + width = 100,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "  19x  +  6x   +   19x  +   6x  = 100,\r\n" );
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document.write( "====>  50x = 100  ====>  x =  = 2 millimeters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the length = 192 = 38 millimeters  and the width = 6*2 = 12 millimeters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The length and the width are 38 mm and 12 mm, respectively.\r\n" );
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