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Question 987394: what are the possible lengths of a rectangle if the width must be 8 inches less the the length and area must be between 100 and 200 square inches? use only the whole numbers for the dimensions
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Question 987440: The dimensions of a rectangular metal box are 3 cm, 5 cm, and 8 cm. if the first two dimensions are increased by the same number of centimeters, while the third dimension remains the same, the new volume is 34 cmcube more than the original volume. what is the new dimension of the enlarged rectangular metal box?
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Question 987508: The length of a rectangle is 3 ft
more than twice the width, and the area of the rectangle is 77 ft2
. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

---once i start to work out the problem i get stuck at 2w^2+3w-77=0. I know 7*-11= -77 but do you not use the ac method to make it add up to 3?
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Question 987506: The length of a rectangle is 50 centimeters longer than the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 220 centimeters, find the width and the length.
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Question 987645: The width of a rectangle is 5 less than twice its length. If the area of the rectangle is 23 cm^2, what is the length of the diagonal?

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Question 987577: Calculate the total surface area of the rectangular prism with length=7,2m,breadth=5m and height=3,32m
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Question 987694: the width of a rectangle is 2m less than the length.the area is 80cm square,find the lengths of the base and width
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Question 987728: The area of a rectangle is 50, and its diagonal is sqrt(125). Find its dimensions and perimeter.
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Question 987813: The perimeter of a rectangle is 20, and its diagonal is √68. Find its dimensions and area.
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Question 988172: A contractor is enclosing a rectangular courtyard with 66feet of fence. If the width of the courtyard is 14feet, find the length of the courtyard.
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Question 988311: The perimeter of a rectangle is 136 inches. If the length is four less than five times the width, what is the area of the rectangle? Thanks for your help.
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Question 988526: The width of a rectangle is one-third of the length.The perimeter is 72 in. What is the width?
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Question 988637: A rectangle and a square have the same area. The width of the rectangle is 48 cm less than the side of the square and the length of the rectangle is 128 cm more than twice the width of the square. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
I am having trouble translating the application into a formula.
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Question 988687: A large rectangular movie screen in an IMAX theater has an area of 5,751 square feet. Find the dimensions of the screen if it is 10 feet longer than it is wide.
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Question 988685: If two opposite sides of a square are increased by 12 meters and the other sides are decreased by 10 meters, the area of the rectangle that is formed is 75 square meters. Find the area of the original square.
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Question 988785: what is the area of a rectangle that has a length of 2x+5 and a length of 7?
I'm not sure how to help my son with this question. it doesn't seem to have enough information. to solve wouldn't you need to know x or the area???
thank you
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Question 988723: a rectangle is 12 feet long and 8 feet wide. every dimension of the rectangle is multiplied by three fourths to form a similar rectangle. how is the ratio of the areas related to the ratio of the corresponding sides?
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Question 988749: Sarah id building a square back porch for her mother. The area of the porch is to be 400 square feet. What is the length of one side?
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Question 988686: Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is 182 cm2 and whose perimeter is 54 cm. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
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Question 988688: If two opposite sides of a square are increased by 15 meters and the other sides are decreased by 7 meters, the area of the rectangle that is formed is 75 square meters. Find the area of the original square.
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Question 988909: How do I find the base of my triangle such is the length of my rectangle when the area is 108 the triangle is 10 in high n my rectangle is 4 in high? Oh and the triangle is on top of my rectangle.

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Question 989215: The length of a rectangular box is twice the width and the total surface area is 108cm3. Show that if the width of the box is x cm, the volume is 4x/3 (27-x2) cm3. Hence, find the dimension three of the box when its volume is maximum
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Question 989274: The area of a rectangular room is 22metres square ,correct to the nearest square metre.the width is 3m , correct to the nearest metre . find the possible length of the room.
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Question 989463: The dimension of a rectangular metal box are 3 cm, 5 cm, and 8 cm. If the first two dimensions are increased by the same number of centimeters, while the third dimension remain the same, the new volume is 34cm to the third power more than the original volume. What is the new dimension of the enlarged rectangular metal box?

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Question 989643: the width of a triangle is 15 cm less than the width. the perimeter is 98 cm. find the rectangle's dimensions.
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Question 989684: A rectangle box has a length of 8 feet and a width of 2 feet. The lengty of the three dimensional diagonal is 10 feet. What is the height of the box?
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Question 989658: a rectangle's length is 8 cm more than three times its width. If the perimeter is 128 cm, find the length and the width
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Question 989864: Well, we're factoring now, so this might have a little to a lot to do with that. I don't know. I suppose if I did, I wouldn't be seeking help. Anyways, the question: The length of a rectangular garden is six feet less than twice the width. Find the length and the width if the area is 216 square feet. Thanks!
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Question 989967: width is w centimeters and the length is 12cm less than twice the width
what is the equation

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Question 990433: A carpenter has three pieces of wood measuring 210cm,245cm, and 315'cm in lenght. She wants to cut them into shorter pieces that are all the same length and with no wood left over. what is the greatest possible lenght of each shorted piece?
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Question 990502: One side of a rectangle is 8cm longer than the other,the perimeter of the rectangle is 72cm.calculate the width of the rectangle. please dat my gmail account is having problem.pls just send me single to indicate that the question have been solved. please.
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Question 990542: The length of a rectangle is 5 times the width
The perimeter is 48 inches. Find the dimensions
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Question 990563: the length of a rectangular garden is 3 yd more than twice its width. the perimeter of the garden is 36 yd. what are the width and length of the garden?

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Question 990606: The perimeter of a rectangular field is
344
yards. If the length of the field is
97
yards, what is its width?

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Question 990608: A rectangle has a length that is 3 feet more than the width. If the area of the rectangle is 52 square feet more than the area of a square with side 6, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 990639: A rectangular piece of carpet is 4 times as long as it is wide.
If I reduce the length by 6m and increase its width by 6m, it will become a square. What is the length of the original rectangle?

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Question 990651: Perimeter of a 55m^2
Solved step by step if posible if not just the final perimeter please
ASAP
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Question 990698: A rectangle has a length 6m less than twice its width. when 5 m are added to the width, the resulting figure is a square with an area of 256m^2. find the distance of the original rectangle
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Question 990830: Susan enlarged a rectangle with a height of 2 cm and length of 9 cm on her computer. The length of the new rectangle is 13.5 cm. Find the height of the new rectangle.

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Question 991040: A rectangular field whose length is 10 meters longer than its width is to be enclosed with exactly 100 meters of fencing material.
What is the length of the field?
Give an numerical answer ONLY.
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Question 991095: Find the perimeter for the figure. The length of a rectangle is half the width. The area is 25 square meters.
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