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Question 358946: The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 in. What are the width and length of the rectangle?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 in. What are the width and length of the rectangle?
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let width be x in
length = x+8 in.
perimeter = 2*(L+W)
2*(x+x+8)=24
2(2x+8)=24
4x+16=24
4x=24-16
4x=8
/4
x=2 in the width
x=2 = 2+8 =10 in the length
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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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