SOLUTION: A rectangle has a perimeter of 3/4 miles. A smaller rectangle is inside the other first rectangle 15 feet from the side. What is the perimeter of the smaller rectangle.

Question 972974: A rectangle has a perimeter of 3/4 miles. A smaller rectangle is inside the other first rectangle 15 feet from the side. What is the perimeter of the smaller rectangle.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Each length of the smaller perimeter is 30 feet shorter (15 feet at each end)
And each width is also 30 feet shorter, so each of the 4 sides is 30 feet shorter, the smaller perimeter will be 120 feet less.
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ANSWER: The perimeter of the smaller rectangle is 3840 feet.
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