SOLUTION: NEED HELP ASAP!!! rectangle with length 6 meters more than half it's width. The perimeter is 24 meters. Find the length and width

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Question 412925: NEED HELP ASAP!!!
rectangle with length 6 meters more than half it's width. The perimeter is 24 meters. Find the length and width
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
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width = w
length = w/2 +6
...
Perimeter = 2(l+w)
24= 2(w+(w/2 +6))
24=2(w+(w+12)/2)
24=2(2w+w+12)/2
24=3w+12
3w=12
/3
w=4
L= 8