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Question 99900: the width of a rectangle is W and the length is 3 more than the width
a.write an expression for the length in terms of W.
b.find the perimeter and the area if the width is 8.
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Question 99976: The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is P=2l+2w, where l is the length and w is the width. A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. Find its dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its width.
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Question 99806: A rectangle has an area of 17 square meters. Find a function that models its perimeter P in terms of the length x of one of its sides.
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Question 100464: with of a rectangle is 3 inches less than one-half the lenght. what the lenght and width of the rectangle if the perimter is 36 inches.
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Question 101528: The length of a rectangle is
1 cm longer than the width.
If the DIAGONAL of the rectangle is 4 cm,
what are the dimensions
(of the length and width)
of the rectangle??
I can get my answer of
2.284 cm and 3.284 cm
but...
I need to show step by step how I got my answer,
this is where I keep writing it out wrong.
Please help...
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Question 77696: Find the area of a circle in which the diameter is 6 square root(3).
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Question 101957: This problem is not in the textbook it was given out by my teacher for extra points. Wehave been stuck on this problem for two days.... please help me...
The legnth of a rectangle is 7 x its width. The perimeter of a rectangle is 64 centimeters,find the dimensions of the rectangle?

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Question 102322: the lenght of a rectangle is 4 inches greater thatn the width the perimeter of the recatangle is 24 inches find the dimensions of the rectangle
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Question 103706: hey, how are you? I need help in this problem.
The length of a rectangle is 3ft more than twice its width, and the area of the rectangle is 35ft. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
thanks for your time.
Juan
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Question 103940: Aretangular garden is to be surrounded by a walkway of constant width. the garden's dimensions are 30 ft by 40 ft. the total area, garden plus walkway, is 1800 ft^2. What must be the width of nthe walkway to the nearest thousandth?
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Question 104012: A recreational department plans to build a rectangular playground enclosed by 800 meters of fence. If the length of the playground is 6 meters less than three times the width, find the length and the width of the playground.
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Question 79467: This question is not from a book
The perimeter of a rectangle is 28X + 10. If the width is 2X, what is the length
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Question 104383: I need help with this problem I am using 2l+2w but the answer I am getting isn't correct. Can someone please help me to understand what I am doing wrong.
The question or problem I am trying to solve is:
The length of a rectangle is 9 centimeters more than it's width. The perimeter is 82 centimeters. Find the demensions of the rectangle.
Please help me with this problem. I am sleepy and getting very upset at this time.
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Question 104654: W x (L=9) = 36 2
length is 9 inches greater than the width area 36in2.
Can you please break down how this is done (the formula).
Thank you
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Question 104798: The area of an official high school basketball court is 4200 square feet. The area of an official basketball court for college and professional is 4700 square feet. Both are rectangles and two shorter sides measure 50 feet in length.
Determine the dimension and perimeter of the high school court AND college/professional court

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Question 104997: The perimeter of a rectangle is 46 ft. The length of the rectangle is 5 ft less than 3 times the width. Find the length of the rectangle.
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Question 105103: A rectangle garden is 10ft longer than it is wide. Its area is 875 ft squared. What are its dimensions?
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Question 105926: Help!
A rectangle has an area of 192 and a perimeter of 56. Find the dimensions for length and width. (A = Lw & P = 2L + 2W)
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Question 13761: I've try hard to solve this problem,but im getting confuse with the answer for the height, ill be happy If i get help :)
"if the area of a rectangle is 12 and the base is 24, what is the height ?"

thank you !!
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Question 107219: The Perimeter of a rectangle is 24 inches.Find the dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its widths.
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Question 107219: The Perimeter of a rectangle is 24 inches.Find the dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its widths.
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Question 107334: Find the area of a rectangle with length 4 and diagonal 5.
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Question 14137: A RECTANGLE HAS A SQUARE CUT FROM IT.
THE PART LEFT BEHIND (ANOTHER RECTANGLE) IS SIMILAR TO (THAT IS, SCALED VERSION OF) THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE.
IF THE BREADTH OF THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE IS 1 WHAT IS THE LENGTH (TO 3 DECIMAL PLACES)?
COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO GO ABOUT ANSWERING THE ABOVE MATHS PROBLEM?
THE ANSWER I GET IS 1.134 IS THAT CORRECT!
PLEASE HELP!
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Question 107782: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 20 ft and the width is 6ft, find its length.[hint the perimeter of a rectangle is given by P=2L+2W.]
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Question 107935: The diagonal of a rectangle is 2 ft longer than its length and 5 feet longer than its width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 108294: the area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards. The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in feet.
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Question 108301:
The area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards. The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in yards?
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Question 108301:
The area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards. The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in yards?
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Question 109136: Suppose that the length of a rectangle is 3 inches longer than the width and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 78.Set up an equation involving only L, the length of the rectangle.Solve this equation algebraically to find the length of the rectangle. Find the width as a slope

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Question 109414: the area of the rectangle shown below is 2(3x-2)/x-1. find the width. 2x+6/12x-15 is the length of the rectangle.
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Question 109800: Find the diagonal of a rectangle with 5 in. width and 7 in. length
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Question 109800: Find the diagonal of a rectangle with 5 in. width and 7 in. length
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Question 109972: 3. A family decides to build a small basketball court in their backyard so their children can play at home. A concrete pad is to be poured that is � foot thick, and has dimensions of 15 feet by 15 feet. One cubic yard is equivalent to twenty-seven feet cubed. How many cubic yards of concrete must be poured? Round to the nearest cubic yard. Show all work to receive full credit.
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Question 110312: a rectangle is 9.2 meters wide and has a area of 280.6 square meters. What is the length of the rectangle
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Question 110311: the perimeter of a rectangle can be found by using the formula p= 2l+ 2w where l is the length and w is the width of a rectangle. what is the width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 50 meters and a length of 16 meters?
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Question 110310: find the volume of a cylinder with height of 17.5 and 23 feet diameter
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Question 110310: find the volume of a cylinder with height of 17.5 and 23 feet diameter
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Question 110788: A rectangle flower garden, 7m by 6 m, is surrounded by a grass strip of uniform width. If the total area of the garden and the grass strip is 90m, what is the width of the strip?
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Question 111308: A rectangle has sides of 4x � 4 and 8x + 10. Find the expression that represents its perimeter.
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Question 111331: The width of a rectangle is 6km less than twice its length. If its area is 216km, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Here's what I came up with:
2x-6=216
2x-6+6=216+6
2x=222
x=111
I'm not sure about this. word problems stump me sometimes.
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Question 111466: wat is the measure of the diagonal of a rectangle with dimensions 17&10?
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Question 111829: Find the area of the rectangle or square.
This shape is a rectangle
The right side is = 3/4 ft
The bottom side is = 3/8 ft
Any help wtih this equation would be Greatly appreciated.
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