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Question 366832: 1. The width of rectangle is 6cm less than the length. The perimeter is 72cm. Write and solve an equation to find the width an length of a rectangle.
2. Costs for bowling @ a certain bowling alley are $2.50 for shoes and $4.25 for each game bowled. Austin spends $15.25. Write and solve an equation for find how many games he bowled.

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Question 366933: If the length of the rectangle is twice the width, and the perimeter of the rectangle is 30 cm, what is the length and width of the rectangle?
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Question 366987: The length of a rectangular garden is 4 yd greater than the width. The area of the garden is 96 〖yd〗^2.Find the length and the width.

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Question 366951: the height of a triangle mesure 3cm less than four times the base of the triangle. Its area is 42.5 cm^2. Find the leghts of height and base.
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Question 367070: Hi, I'm hoping someone can please help me! I'm having issues trying to figure out this problem. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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Base of polyhedral Vertices Faces Edges
Triangle 4vertices 4faces 6edges
Square ____vertices ____faces 8edges
Pentagon ____vertices 6faces ____edges
Hexagon 7vertices ____faces ____edges
What type of polyhedral is represented in the table?
If n represents the number of sides of the polyhedra base, then write an equation for the number of vertices, faces, and edges of the polyhedral.

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Question 367261: a rectangle has perimeter 84cm and length 35cm. what is its width?
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Question 367302: find the length of the diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are radical 5 inches and 2 inches respectively ? please show all work
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Question 367571: a rectangle is three times as long as it is wide. its perimeter is 36. find each side
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Question 367629: the perimeter fence of a rectangle community is 310m. Its length is 10 meter less than twice its width. Find the dimensions of the park.
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Question 367691: A rectangle has an area of 180 centimeters squared and a perimeter of 54 centimeters. What are its dminesions?
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Question 367754: A rectangle has a perimeter of 75 meters and a length of 10 meters. Calculate its width.
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Question 368053: the diagonal of a square is 56 centimeters long. find the perimeter of the quare to the nearest tenth.
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Question 368046: what is the square feet for a rectange that is 44 feet by 32 feet?
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Question 368152: THe Length of A Rectangle is 3 times the width. The Perimeter is 44cm. What are the dimensions of the Rectangle ?
I Need Help. i'Ve Been Trying For Hours, And i Can't Figure it Out. I would Greatly Appricate it if you Could Show me step by step on how you got the answer.
Thank you.
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Question 368170: The perimeter of a rectangle is 32 inches. The area of the rectangle is 48 square inches. Find the dimension of the rectangle.
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Question 368221: What is the perimeter P of a rectangle whose length is 7 ft more than its width x
I have already tried to put in 2l(7)+2w
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Question 368314: The perimeter of a rectangle is 52 feet. The length and width are represented by two consecutive even integers. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 368317: The plans for a rectangular deck call for the width to be 10 feet less than the length. Sam wants the deck to have an overall perimeter of 64 feet. What should the length of the deck be?
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Question 368575: the sum of three corseative integers is 915 . What are the integers?
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Question 368893: What is the peimeter of a rectangle with length 6 inches is 20 inches. Find the width.
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Question 368888: The length of a rectangle is 4 inches more than three times the width. The perimeter is 96 inches. Find the length and width.
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Question 368913: the length of a rectangle is 4 inch less than twice the width find the Length and width if the area is 720
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Question 368954: if the length of a rectangle is 2cm less than 3times the width . . and the area is 30cm2 what are the dimensions of the rectangle. I think the breakdown is 3X^2 - 2X - 30 = 0 . . I am unable to factor it down . . maybe a brain lapse. . (3x+?)(x-?) ..
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Question 368964: The adjacent sides of a rectangle differ by 5 feet.If the area of the rectangle is 84 square feet, what is the lenght of the smaller side?
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Question 369171: The perimeter of a field is 500 feet. Its width (shorter side) is 32 feet less than half its length (longer side). What is its width?
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Question 369293: The length of a rectangle is 2 less than 3 times the width. If the perimeter is 68, what is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 369299: The perimeter of a triangle is 136. If the three sides of the triangle are (x+7), (2x-5), and (3x+2), what is the length of each side?
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Question 369303: Two sides of a pentagon have length (3x-5) and three sides of length (2x+1). If the perimeter is 89, what is the length of the longest side?
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Question 369305: The length of the sides of a trapezoid are (x+2), (2x+5) and two sides of (2x-1). Find the length of the shortest side if the perimter is 82.
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Question 369670: a rectangle whose perimeter is 352ft the length 10x as long as the width
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Question 370079: Since the area of a square becomes larger as the perimeter of a square increases, is the same true for a rectangle as well? Please explain.
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Question 370119: The perimeter of a rectangle is 52 inches squared. Its area is 153 inches squared. What is its length and width?
What I've done so far y=26-x
-x^2+ 26x -52 = 0
I get stuck while using the quadratic formula to use numbers to substitute into the next equation... Your help would greatly be appreciated.
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Question 370146: Please help me solve this word problem:
The floor of a shed has an area of 70 square feet. The floor is in the shape of a rectangle whose length is 4 feet more than twice the width. Find the length and the width of the floor of the shed.
I have tried this:
w(2w+4)=70
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Question 370296: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 238 and the length is 75 more than the width, what is the length and the width
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Question 370571: 5th grade math
the area of a rectangle is 300 the length is two times the width, what is the length and the width
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Question 370528: The length of a rectangular garden is 4 yd greater than the width. The area of the garden is 96 〖yd〗^2.Find the length and the width.

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Question 370779: An artist wants her painting to be in the shape of a rectangle. If the length of the painting is 36 inches, then what should be the width?
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Question 370977: the perimeter of a rectangle is 114 feet. Its length is three more than twice its width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
using systems of linear equations
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Question 371427: a rectangle has a width of 10 inches and an area of 5 square inches. what is the length of the rectangle? can u show me how to get the answer for my 10 yr old in 4th grade. thanks!
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Question 371611: the area of a rectangle is 64 in. squared. if the area is increased by 25%, what is the dimensions of the new rectangle?
A. 6 in. by 8 in.
B. 10 in. by 8 in.
C. 10 in. by 10 in.
D. 8 in. by 8 in.
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Question 371594: The ratio of the width of a rectangle to its length is 3:4. Write & solve a proportion to find the rectangle's width.
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Question 371661: how do i find the factors of 8, 36,40 and show all work done
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Question 371730: The adjacent sides of a rectangle differ by 7 feet. If the area of the rectangle is 78 square feet, what is the length of the smaller side?

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