document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1158526>Question 1158526</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rachel cut a square cake vertically to make two rectangle slices. Each rectangle had a perimeter of 51 inches.How long is each side of the original square cake? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #781468 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=781468\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> rectangle's length is the same as the side of the square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rectangles are equal, so the width of each rectangle is half the side of the square or half the length of the rectangle.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "length+width=1/2 of the perimeter=25.5 in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L+(.5L)=25.5, by substitution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=25.5/1.5=17 inches\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the sides of the square are each 17 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the rectangles made are 17 inches x 8.5 inches.  That is a half-perimeter of 25.5 or a perimeter of 51 inches </SPAN>\n" );
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