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Question 842168: The width of a rectangle is 2 meters more than one-third of the length. The perimeter of the rectangle is 92 meters. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
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Question 842202: The perimeter of a playground is 504 and 2/3 yards. The length is 6 yards shorter than twice the width. What is the area of the playground?
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Question 842220: A rectangle has a length which is 7 ft less than three times the width. The area is 348 square feet. What are the dimensions
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Question 842336: James wants to draw a rectangle with a perimeter of 42 units and a length of 13 units. How can he determine the width?

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Question 842761: length 2m-4 width 11m

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Question 843152: the width of a rectangle is 2 inches more than 3 times its length. if the perimeter of the rectangle is 76 inches find its dimensions.
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Question 843156: David currently has a square garden.he wants to redesign his garden and make it into a rectangle with a length that is 3 feet shorter than twice its width.he decides that the perimeter should be 60 feet.what is the dimensions,in feet,of his new garden.
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Question 843189: If the length of a rectangle is 11 2/3 inches and the width is 4 2/7 inch, find the area of the rectangle.
please help, I tried multiplying 11*3+2=35 and 4*7+2=30 but I did not get the answer of 50in^2... Please help
Thank you
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Question 843176: Find the length and the width of a rectangle if the perimeter is 40m and the length is 3x the width =
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Question 843270: IF you have the perimeter of a rectangle and you have the length of the rectangle, how do you find the width of the rectangle?

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Question 843233: write an expression to represent the length of the rectangle. A=x^2+2x-24
x-4
x-3
can you help me?
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Question 843467: Find the area of a rectangle with a width of 3x-4 and a length of 7x+3.
This is what I have:
I worked it this way:

(3x)^2-(4)^2 + (7x)^2 + 3^2
9x+16+49x+9
58x+25
x= -33
Is this correct or where am I making my mistake?
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Question 843566: Two squares form a rectangle. The perimeter of the square is 60 inches. What is the area of the rectangle.
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Question 843671: if the area of a rectangle is represented by x^2 + 8x + 15 and its length is represented by x+5 which expression represents the width of the rectangle
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Question 843687: Find the perimeter of a rectangle with base = 9 ft. and height = 4 ft.
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Question 843756: a perimeter of a rectangle is 24 feet. if the width of the rectangle is X ft. how many square feet is the area of the rectangle?
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Question 844087: A rectangle has a length that is 6 feet more than the width. Its perimeter is 100 feet. What is the area?

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Question 844168: what will be the length of the diagonal of the square plot whose area is equal to the area of rectangular plot of leangth 45 meters and breath 40 meters ?
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Question 844184: Can you help me with this problem?
How many 1 foot by 3 feet rectangle can be cutted from a 4 by 8 foot sheet of plywood?
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Question 844201: the length of a rectangle is 2cm more than 3 times the width. the area is 16Cm.find the length and the width.let x=be the width
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Question 844179:

The length of a large rectangular room is to be 3 m more than twice its width. If the perimeter is to be 36 m, find the length and width of the room.

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Question 844428: a builder is completing the floor in a living room. the room is rectangular shaped with length 19 feet and width 14 feet. the room has two door openings that are each three feet wide. he needs to purchase an adequate amount of baseboard molding.calculate the number of feet of molding he must purchase.( hint: you do not need molding at the door openings.)
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Question 844439: area of rectangle is 180 meters and if length is 90 meters,what's the width

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Question 844440: The length of a rectangle is three times its width. If the width is decreased by 1 meter and the length is increased by 3 meters, the area will be 72 square meters. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle.
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Question 844578: I am trying to help my daughter with her home work and we are having issues with this problem.
The length of a rectangle is 150% of its width, w. Use the percent equation to find the length of the rectangle in terms o fw. Then write a formual for the area of the rectangle using only the variable w.
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Question 844907: The length of a rectangle is represented by 5x + 2 and its width is represented by 2x - 4. The perimeter is 80 units. Find the value of x. Please show the work!
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Question 845034: what is the length and width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 24 and a ratio of 2/1?
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Question 845038: What polynomial represents the area of a rectangle having length L= x+7 and width W= x-3
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Question 844962: The length of a rectangle is four times its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 80cm, find its area.
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Question 845073: A rectangular garden is 16 feet wide. Its length is 7 feet more than twice the width. What is the area of the garden?
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Question 845185: The perimeter of a rectangle is 72 meters. The length of the rectangle is five times it's width. What is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 845194: A rectangle has a length that is 3 feet longer than is width. Its perimeter is 26 feet. What is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 845231: The length of a rectangle is 6 units less than the width. The area of the rectangle is 16 units. What is the length, in units, of the rectangle?

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Question 845546: a rectangle has a length of 28cm and a perimeter of 84 cm. find the width.
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Question 845520: A rectangular garden of 50 square feet has a perimeter of 15 feet. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Question 845582: The length of a rectangle is 9 times its width. If the perimeter is 500, then what is the length of the rectangle.
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Question 845790:
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Question 845911: How do you find x when a rectangles sides are
Length= x
Width= x+13
And the area is 285cm^2
I get it set up to
X(x+13) = 285cm^2
X^2 + 13x = 285cm^2
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Question 845997: if the perimeter of a rectangle is P cm and the area is A sq cm , then answer is
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Question 846033: the length of a rectangle is 4 cm less than five times the width the perimeter is 88 cm what is the width and length??
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Question 845674: The perimeter of a rectangle is 90 meters. The length of the rectangle is 25 meters. How wide is the rectangle?
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Question 846426: a rectangle has a width of 5 inches and a length of 7 inches. If both its length and width were increased by x inches, what is the area of the new rectangle?
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Question 846501: If a rectangle has an area of 196. How long are the sides
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