SOLUTION: Okay. There's a rectangle with a perimeter of 38 inches. The length is 3 inches longer than the width. What is length?

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Question 764989: Okay. There's a rectangle with a perimeter of 38 inches. The length is 3 inches longer than the width. What is length?
Answer by hunk1412(5) About Me  (Show Source):
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let lenth is L and breadth is B of rectangle
as we know that the perimeter of rectangle is 2(L+B)
so 2(L+B)=38 inches
L+B=19
as we seen that L=B+3
put this value above we get
B+3+B=19
2B=16
B=8
so L=8+3=11
so L=11 inches
B=8 inches