document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=129625>Question 129625</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> translate to an algebraic equation then solve. the lenght of a rectangle is six units longer than the width. find the lenght and width if the perimeter of the rectangle is 60 units.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) fin the circumference and area of a circle with the radius 3.5 feet. use 22/7 for pi.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3) the width of a rectangular playground is 18 meters less than the lenght. find the width when the perimeter of the rectangle is 84 meters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width = x units<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then length = x+6 units<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+(x+6)) = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+6 = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12 units (width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6 = 18 units (length)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) find the circumference and area of a circle with the radius 3.5 feet. use 22/7 for pi.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = (pi)r^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = (22/7)*3.5^2 = 22*3.5*3.5/7 = 22*3.5/2 = 11*3.5 = 38.5 sq ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) the width of a rectangular playground is 18 meters less than the lenght. find the width when the perimeter of the rectangle is 84 meters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the length be \"x meters; the width is \"x-18\" meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter = 2(length + width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84 = 2(x + x-18)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-18 = 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 30 meters (length)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-18 = 12 meters (width)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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