SOLUTION: Hi, Please help me solve this question and show me how you arrived at the answer, it will be greatly appreciated The perimeter of a rectangle is 38 inches. If the length of th

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Question 873824: Hi,
Please help me solve this question and show me how you arrived at the answer, it will be greatly appreciated
The perimeter of a rectangle is 38 inches. If the length of the rectangle is six inches less than four times the width, find the area of the rectangle.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L=-6+4w and 2w+2L=38;
Solve that system first, and then determine wL, the area.

Observe that I translated into number symbolism from the description and told what to do but did not stepwise solve the problem.