SOLUTION: Please someone help me solve this problem: *Two rectangles are similar. One is 5 cm by 12 cm. The longer side of the second rectangle is 8 cm greater than twice the shorter side

Question 769002: Please someone help me solve this problem:
*Two rectangles are similar. One is 5 cm by 12 cm. The longer side of the second rectangle is 8 cm greater than twice the shorter side. Find its length and width.
Thank You!
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Since the rectangles are similar, the relationships between the length and width are the same, so we can write it
let be the shorter side
........cross multiply

...... the shorter side
then the longer side is:

so, the 2nd rectangle is by

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