SOLUTION: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 36 inches and the width is two less than three times the length, what is the equation?

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Question 667960: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 36 inches and the width is two less than three times the length, what is the equation?
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Hi,



 width is two less than three times the lengthhighlight%28x%29, what is the equation?

  P= 2L + 2W = 36"

      L + W = 18"    w+=+3x-2

     x + (3x-2) = 18" , x = 5" , the length and width is  13"