SOLUTION: In a rectangle with perimeter 30 cm and area 56 cm, the longer sides length is one cm more than the shorter side.

Question 896598: In a rectangle with perimeter 30 cm and area 56 cm, the longer sides length is one cm more than the shorter side.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=x+1 for sides x and y.

AND
but we already found x; so this equation simply tells us what we already could find without being given this area.

Move on to find y.
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You could have ignored the perimeter information and just used the area information along with the sides relationship to find the dimensions.
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