SOLUTION: width is w centimeters and the length is 12cm less than twice the width what is the equation

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Question 989967: width is w centimeters and the length is 12cm less than twice the width
what is the equation
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The equation is

length = 2*width - 12, or

l = 2*w - 12.