If a rectangle has a perimeter of 70, a length of x and a width of x - 9, find the value of the length of the rectangle.

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What expression is equivalent to 1/2(2+3x-6)

9.4.34  question   to estimate the height of a stone  figure, an observer holds a small square up to her eyes and walks backward from the figure. she stops when the bottom of the figure aligns with the bottom edge of the  square, and when the top of the figure aligns with the top edge of the square. her eye level is 1.811.81 m from the ground. she is 3.703.70 m from the figure. what is the height of the figure to the nearest hundredth of a  meter?

Jack has a rectangular piece of land, the area of which is represented by a1 = 9.5l. his brother has a different rectangular piece of land, the area of which is represented by a2 = l(14 − l). let a represent the area in square meters and l represent the length in meters of the pieces of land. the two equations plotted on a graph meet at a point as shown in the image