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document.write( "the length of a rectangular platform is 2 feet longer than three times its width. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the area of the platform in 56 square inches. what are the width and the length of the platform.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem is a TRAP: it has a HUGE underwater stone.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This stone is in presence of two different inconsistent units for measuring the length (feet) and the area (square inches).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the solution by ankor@dixie-net.com is INCORRECT.\r<BR>\n" );
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