document.write( "Question 1153541: A rectangular field is seven times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 800 feet, what are the dimensions of the field? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let the dimensions of the field be \"L\" and \"W\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if a rectangular field is \"seven\" times as long as it is wide, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=7W\".......eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the perimeter of the field is \"P=800\" feet,we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%28L%2BW%29=800\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L%2BW=400\" ......eq.2, substitute \"L\" from eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7W%2BW=400\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8W=400\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=400%2F8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=50\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go to\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=7W\".......eq.1, plug in \"W\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=7%2A50\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=350\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "answer: the dimensions of the field are \"350\" by \"+50\"\r
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