SOLUTION: in a rectangle, the perimeter is 108 inches. The length of the rectangle is 12 inches more than twice the width. What is the length and width of the rectanle

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Question 14677: in a rectangle, the perimeter is 108 inches. The length of the rectangle is 12 inches more than twice the width. What is the length and width of the rectanle
Answer by Drpengui(15)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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for some reason I remeber doing excatly same problem last year on one of my geometry tests in honors geometry
so plug in 12+2w for l

the distrubite the 2

comibine like terms

subtract 24 from both sides

then divide by 6

then plug 14 in for w

mulitply 2*14

subtract 28 from both sides

then divide both sides by 2

:) Danny
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