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In a square, the sum of the lengths of three sides is 45 and in a rectangle the difference between a length and a width is 5 in. If a width of the rectangle is the same as a sid
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Question 560041:
In a square, the sum of the lengths of three sides is 45 and in a rectangle the difference between a length and a width is 5 in. If a width of the rectangle is the same as a side of the square, how long is a length of the rectangle?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call a side of the square
given:
The width of a rectangle is
Call the length
The length is 20
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