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Question 290400: a fixed perimeter of 164ft, what dimensions would yield the maximum area? what is the area?
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Question 290380: Please I need help with this question: If the diagonal of a square is 5, find the length of one of the sides(s)?
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Question 290528: The length of a rectangle is fixed at 17 cm. What widths will make the perimeter greater than 70 cm?
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Question 290564: The width of a rectangle is 4 cm less than its length. The area of the rectangle is 96 CM ^2. Find the legnth and width of the rectangle.
I think the equation is
(L-4) * L = 96 CM ^2
L^2 - 4L=96
How do I get rid of the 4L? So I can take the square root of the number on the right? Is the second step of the formula correct?my formalus

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Question 290505: The perimeter of a rectangle is 80 inches. The length of the rectangle is 8 less then three times the width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 290798: The length of a rectangle is twice the width of the rectangle. The length of a diagonal of the rectangle is 25cm. How do I find out the are of the rectangle?
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Question 290827: If the total area of the rectangle is 16x^2y. Whats the length of the missing side?
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Question 290881: Find algebraic expression. The perimeter of a rectanle, given that the length is x yards and the width is 10 yards shorter
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Question 291111: A rectangle is twice as wide as it is long. If the area is 800 square meters, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 290954: If the length of a rectangle is 3 feet longer than the width and
the diagonal is 15 feet, then what are the length and width?
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Question 291265: the perimeter of a rectangle is 80 inches. if the width is 15 inches, what is the length?
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Question 291301: how do i solve this (the area of a square lawn is 196 yds2. what is the perimeter of the lawn?)
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Question 291311: There are two homes. Each has a rectangular garden,with a perimeter of 24 yards. One garden has an area that is 8 square yards more than the other . What are the areas of the two gardens?
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Question 291448: A rectangle has sides of 4 and 8 inches. What is the perimeter of the rectangle, expressed in feet?
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Question 291473: an envelope is 4 cm longer than it is wide. the are is 77cm. find the lenght and the width?
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Question 291510: A rectangle has a width of 6 inches and a perimeter of 26 inches what is the lenghty of the rectangle.
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Question 291485: Find the perimeter of a rectangle, given that it's length is 6 and the length of it's diagonal is 24. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 291669: I'm wondering how to solve for a length and width, when the Area of a rectangle is 60 square centimeters and the perimeter is 200 centimeters.
Thanks
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Question 291694: Find diagonal of 30" x 42" rectangle
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Question 291842: the area of a rectangle is 40 square feet. the length is 10 feet. what is the width?
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Question 291941: a rectangle has a perimeter of 38 centimeters and a area of 84 centimeters.what are the dimension of the rectangle
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Question 291920: the length of a rectangle is 12cm. the width is 5mm. what is tha area in square centimeters ?
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Question 291975: what is the width and length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 380?

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Question 291975: what is the width and length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 380?

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Question 292198: find the area of a rectangle that measures 17 yards by 29 yards

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Question 292467: the area of a rectangle is 300 square inches. the sides are in a 3:4 ratio. what is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Question 292608: if one side of a rectangle is 10m how do you find the length of the other side of it, if the area of the rectangle is 56m2
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Question 292845: A rectangle has an area of 100 cm^2 and a perimeter of 50 cm. What are its dimensions?
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Question 292878: The area of a rectangle is 4 times the area of a square. The length of the rectangle is 90 centimeters and the breadth of the rectangle is two-third of the side of the square. What is the side of the square?
(1) 10 cms (2) 20 cms (3) 9 cms (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these.

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Question 293188: Parameter = 46, L= 3*W - 5
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Question 293188: Parameter = 46, L= 3*W - 5
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Question 293191: I have a rectangle 160 feet L X 70 feet W what is the diaginal measurement?
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Question 293098: The area of a rectangle is 4320 square inches. The ratio of the width to the length is 5:6. Find the length and the width. How do I do this (step by step)? Please help, thanks!
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Question 293259: i am just practicing here. This is my question:
The length of a rectangle is 2 ft. more than the width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 20 feet. Find the length. Tell me if this is the correct way.
P= 2L + 2L
P= 2*(2) + 20
P= 4 + 20
P= 24
L= 6 because 24 divided by 4 = 6(answer)

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Question 293090: The area of a certain rectangle is 36. If the ratio of the rectangle to the width of the rectangle is 4 to 1, what is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Question 293397: One side of a rectangle is 8 inches and the other side is x inches. What values of x will make the perimeter at least 46? Use P = 2L + 2W.
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Question 293477: The perimeter of a rectangle is 34 feet. Find the width of the rectangle if the length is 5 feet more than twice the width.

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Question 293971: The width of a rectangle is three less than the lenght. if the perimeter of the rectangle is 30 yards finr the width.
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Question 294054: Express in symbolic form simple relationships arising from geometry.
The width of a rectangle is w. The length is 6 times greater than 4 x w. Show equation for A= ?
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Question 294013: The width of a rectangle is 5 meters less than its length. The area is 84 square meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle and the perimeter of the rectangle.
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Question 294158: the length of a rectangle is one less than twice the width. if the perimeter is 28 feet, find the dimensions
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Question 294396: the area of a square is 64 square inches. what is the length of each side.
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Question 294477: in a rectangle measure the primeter to the nearest 1/2 inch cm

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Question 294407: the width of a rectangle is half as long as the length. the rectangle has an area of 128square feet. what are length and width of the rectangle? i just dont understand the question can u please help!
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Question 294400: twice the area of a square is 72 square miles. what is the length of each side of the square?
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