SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 6 feet more than twice the width. If the length is 24 feet, what is the width?
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Question 366742: The length of a rectangle is 6 feet more than twice the width. If the length is 24 feet, what is the width?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be x feet
length = 2x+6
...
but length = 24
..
2x+6 =24
-6
2x+6-6 = 24-6
2x=18
/2
x=9 the width
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