SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 108 cm^2. If the length is 3 cm longer than the width, what is the perimeter?

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Question 1050662: The area of a rectangle is 108 cm^2. If the length is 3 cm longer than the width, what is the perimeter?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a rectangle,

and,

Substituting,




Two solutions but only one is positive.


So then,


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