document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18101>Question 18101</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular room is 1.8 times as long as it is wide, and its perimeter is 30 meters. Find the dimension of the room. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length is:   meters and the width is:   meters. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "perimeter of rectangle is 64 centimeters length is 4 centimeters less than twice the width what is lenght and width? thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the width be x..twice width=2x...4 cm. less than that =2x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter =2(length+width)=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+2x-4)=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(3x-4)=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x-8=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=64+8=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=72/6=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so width is 12 cm and length is 2*12-4=20 cm.\r<BR>\n" );
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