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Question 314290: the length of a rectangle parking lot is 10 meters less than twice the width, the perimeter is 406 meters, find the length of the parking lot.
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Question 314454: In a relay each of the competitors ran 35m further than the previous person. If the four members of a relay team ran a total distance of 1.202km, how far does each on run?
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Question 314445: A rectangle is five times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the rectangle 240cm, write an equation and solve it to find its length and width.
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Question 314586: the perimeter of a rectangle is 52 inches and its length is 12 inches. What is the area of the rectnagle?
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Question 314609: The length of a rectangle is five more than twice the width. If the perimeter is 70 feet, find the length?
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Question 314657: The length of a rectangle is 6 yards longer than its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 yards find its area.
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Question 314701: 7. The perimeter of a rectangle is 40 feet. The ratio of the width to the length is 2:3. Find the length and the width. Length is ? And width is ?
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Question 314680: Solve linear inequality for Y. X + 3Y > 7
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Question 314757: How do I solve this equation?
The length of a rectangular area is one foot more than twice its width. If the area is 36 square feet, find the width.
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Question 314771: write an expression for the perimeter and area of a rectangle that has a width of 2x and a length of x square
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Question 314789: The area of a rectangle is (8x^2+8x+2). The width is (2x+1). What is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 314897: A rectangular cutting board is 6 inches longer than it is wide. If the area of the cutting board is 216 square inches, find the length and the width. I figured finding the square root would help a bit, sqrt or 216 is about 14.7, i tried to subtract 6 then add six and i just made myself confused.
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Question 314917: The length of a rectangle is 2 centimeters less than twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 32 cm. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 314933: A rug is to fit in a room so that a border of even width is left on all four sides. If the room is 16 ft by 24 ft and the area of the rug is 153 sqft, how wide will the border be?
a=w*l, a=16*24 = 384 ft ?
wouldn't you just subtract the 153 from the 384, then divide by four?
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Question 314961: The width of a rectangle is 3 feet, and the diagonal is 5 feet. What is the area of the rectangle?
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Question 314959: The width of a rectangle is 3 feet, and the diagonal is 5 feet. What is the area of the rectangle?
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Question 314926: the width of a rectangular picture is one-half the length. the perimeter of the rectangle is 72 inches. find the length of the picture.
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Question 314971: In a rectangle, the diagonal measures 34 and the longer side measures 30. Find the length of the shorter side
of the rectangle.
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Question 314929: the length of a rectangle is three times the width. the perimeter is 49 units. find the length
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Question 315083: the length of a rectangle is 4ft longer than twice the width. the perimeter of the rectangle is 56 ft.
draw a rectangle. find its length and width using the perimeter formula. then use the formula to find its area
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Question 315078: the length of a rectangle is 4ft longer than twice the width. the perimeter of the rectangle is 56 ft.
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Question 314925: translate to an algebraic equation then solve
The length of a rectangle is six units longer than the width. find the length and width if the perimeter of a rectangle is 60 units.
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Question 315229: the length of a rectangular picture is seven inches longer than the width. find the length and width if the perimeter of the picture is 62 inches
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Question 315227: the width of a rectangle is 12 units less than the length. the perimeter is 108 units. find the length
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Question 315257: the length of the of a rectangle is 20 meters and the width is 15 meters what is the simplified ratio
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Question 315223: the perimeter of a rectangular carpet is 70 feet. the width is three-fourths the length. find the width.
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Question 315220: the length of a rectangle is three times the width. the perimeter is 49 units. find the length.
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Question 315215: the length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than the width. the perimeter is 70 inches. find the length.
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Question 315760: Question on Squareness
want to know which rectangle is closest to squareness dimensions are 4 x 5; 8 x 9; and 10 x 12
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Question 315685: Find the length and the width of a rectangle if the perimeter is 20ft and the length is four time the width.

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Question 315795: If a rectangular parking lot has a length that is 5 yards greater than the width. If the area of the parking lot is 900 square yards. Then what is the length and width.
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Question 315938: a square has an area of 64 square inches. if the same amount is added to the length and removed from the width, the resulting rectangle has an area of 55 square inches. find the dimensions of the rectangle. steps on how to do the problem. please.
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Question 315986: The area of a rectangle is 450 yards squared. What is the length and width of the rectangle
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Question 315932: The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. If the perimeter is 64 yards what is the area?
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Question 316136: 1. What is the area of this rectangle? when length is 1 inch and breadth is 1 inch?

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Question 316251: What is the area of a rectangle 62' long and 16' tall?
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Question 316201: the length of a rectangular room is six times as long as the width. the perimeter is 84 yards. find the width.
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Question 316155: Please help. I am still stumped. A rectangle has a perimeter of 82 inches with a diagonal of 29 inches. What is the length and width of the rectangle?
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Question 316411: The length of a rectangle is 6 inches more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 54 inches, find the width of the rectangle. Thank you for the wonderful service yall provide.
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Question 315894: A temporary agency offers two payment options for administrative help:
Option1: $25 daily fee plus $10/hour; or
Option 2: No daily fee but $15/hour.
Let x = total hours worked.
a) Write a mathematical model representing the total temp cost, C, for a four-day temporary administrative assistant in terms of x for the following:
Option 1: C=_________________
Option 2: C=_________________
b) How many total hours would the temp need to work in the four day period for the cost of option 1 to be less than option 2. Set up an inequality and show your work algebraically using the information in part a. Don�t forget about the daily fee in Option 1 (it�s a four day proposition!). Do not assume an eight hour workday. Any number of hours per day is possible.
Answer:
Show your work here:
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Question 315541: Suppose that the perimeter of a rectangle is 24 inches and the length is twice the width. What are the dimensions of this rectangle and what is the area?
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Question 316418: A rectangle is 3 units longer than it is wide. What is the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of w?
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Question 316572: An open box is formed from a rectangular piece of cardboard, whose length is 3 inches more than it's width, by cutting 3 inch squares from each corner and folding up the sides. If the volume of the box is to be 264 in^2, find the size of the original piece of cardboard. What are the original dimensions of the piece of cardboard?
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