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The area of a rectangular floor is 1000 square feet. Express the perimeter of the floor, P, as a function of the width of the rectangle, x.
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We are given that the area of the rectangle is 1000 square feet. So, we can write this as: \[1000 = l \times x\] From this, we can express the length $l$ in terms of $x$ as: \[l = \frac{1000}{x}\] Show more…
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