document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1125346>Question 1125346</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 15 cm more than its width (w). A blue rectangle, which is 5 cm wider and 2 cm shorter than the red one, has a perimeter 72 cm. Make a sketch of the rectangles expressing all dimensions in terms of (w). Then find the dimensions of each rectangle. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got this straight out of my textbook and I attempted to solve it, I got the red rectangle right but I didn't for the blue one.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of a RED rectangle is 15 cm more than its width (w). A blue rectangle, which is 5 cm wider and 2 cm shorter than the red one, has a perimeter 72 cm. Make a sketch of the rectangles expressing all dimensions in terms of (w). Then find the dimensions of each rectangle. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<u>Red Rectangle</u>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length w+15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<u>Blue Rectangle</u>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length, w+15-2=w+13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width, w+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter,  72\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve this equation for w.  Once done, you can evaluate the dimensions for the Red rectangle and for the Blue rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(drawing the figures will help you see the situation more clearly.) </SPAN>\n" );
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