SOLUTION: My 8th grade son has a rectangle in which the perimeter in feet will be the same as the area in square feet. 18 feet is the number given to 1 leg of the rectangle & x being the oth

Question 335614: My 8th grade son has a rectangle in which the perimeter in feet will be the same as the area in square feet. 18 feet is the number given to 1 leg of the rectangle & x being the other. This is what we have so far? 18x = 2(18) + 2x
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, keep going.

Subtract from both sides.
Then divide both sides to solve for .
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