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Question 830442: The length of a rectangle is 5 in longer than its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 42 in, find its area.
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Question 830548: The perimeter of a rectangle is 86cm. Twice the width exceeds the length by 2cm. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
This is what I did so far ; w=width l=length
2w=L
2L+2w=86
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2w=L>>> 2(2w)+2w=86
4w+2w=86
6w=86
6w/6w>>cancels out
86/6=14.3
w=14.3
from there is where I get confused because it makes no sense to me
Can you please help me solve this problem?....

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Question 830565: What equation would I use to find the missing value of x if the other side is 125 and the sum should be 180(is it 125+x=180 or 180-55=125)
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Question 830573: The perimeter of a rectangle is 76 feet. The lenght is three feet less than twice the width. Find the length and with.
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Question 830593: What is the area and perimeter of 81ft by 39ft
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Question 830589: The length of a rectangle is 4 times its width. If the perimeter is 60m, find its area?
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Question 830636: if the area of a rectangle is 192 square feet, and the ratio of width to length is 3:4, what is the width and length of the rectangle?
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Question 830662: find the breath of a rectangular field whose length is 18M and whose area is 216SQM

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Question 830669: find the area of each of the following squares whose dimension is 21CM and 4.5CM
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Question 830672: find the areas of each of the following squares whose dimension given 21CM and 4.5CM
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Question 830679: the length and breath of playground are 36M and 25M. find the cost the leveling the ground at the rate of Rs 300 per sqm
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Question 830554: Brian has two rectangles gardens that have thes ame area but different perimeters. Each garden has an area of 48 sq ft.
Draw two different rectangles with an area of 48 sq ft, but with different perimeters.
Then determine which of your designs will require less fencing
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Question 830728: What is the perimeter of a rectangular room that is 7 ft. X 11ft?
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Question 830718: A rectangle has an area of 28 ft2. If the width of the rectangle is 5 ft, what is the length?

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Question 830783: The lenght of rectangular plot is twice of its breadth... nd thd diaoganal of plot is root 9 m.. find its perimeter. .
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Question 830863: the length of a rectangle is three times its width, find the width if its perimeter is 100ft
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Question 830863: the length of a rectangle is three times its width, find the width if its perimeter is 100ft
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Question 830865: if 3x-2[3x+1/2] =1 then x=?
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Question 830867: solve for t in the equation R=C-CXT.

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Question 830867: solve for t in the equation R=C-CXT.

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Question 830868: the length of a rectangle is greater than its width by 4 cm. if the perimeter of the rectangle is 80 ' FIND THE SIDES OF THE RECTANGLE.

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Question 830874: three points to plot on a graph 2x+y=0
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Question 830879: The breadth of the rectangle is one-third its length. If its perimeter is 64cm, find its area .
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Question 830927: The length of a rectangle is five times its width.
If the area of the rectangle is 245 ft, find its perimeter.
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Question 830956: the lenght of a rectangle is 2 m more than three times its width. If the area is 20 m2 find the diimensions of the rectangle to the nearest hundreth of a meter
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Question 831151: the length of the rectangle is 4 cm more than its breadth . If the perimeter of the rectangle is 192 cm , find the length and breadth of the rectangle .

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Question 831302: What is the area of a rectangle with sides 40yards and 9/10yards. Give your answer as a whole or mixed number.

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Question 831404: a rectangle has sides (2x+3)cm and (4x+5 cm. how many squares of sides x can be cut from it?

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Question 831425: The length of rectangular label is 2 cm more than the width .If the perimeter of the label is 68 cm find the length and width
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Question 831456: the length is two more than two times the width. if the area is 84cm^2 what are the dimesions of the rectangle
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Question 831506: Suppose the length of a certain rectangle is 5 meters more than twice its width and the perimeter is 22 meters. The width must be ___ meters?
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Question 831448: The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 368 ft. If the width of the garden is 85 ft, what is its length?
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Question 831541: A rectangle is 9 meters long. The rectangle is also 3 meters wide. What is its area?
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Question 831541: A rectangle is 9 meters long. The rectangle is also 3 meters wide. What is its area?
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Question 831558: The ratio of the length to the width in a rectangle is 3:4. If the width is 36 centimeters, which is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 831558: The ratio of the length to the width in a rectangle is 3:4. If the width is 36 centimeters, which is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 831605: the width of a rectangle is 5 meters less than is length, and the perimeter is 26 meters. Find the length and width of the rectangle
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Question 831613: the length of a hall is 12 m less than 4 times the width. if the hall is 38 m long, what is its width?

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Question 831773: The perimeter of a rectangle is 84 feet. The ratio of the width to the length is
2:5. Find the length and the width. How do i set up this ratio? 2 is to 5 as x is to 84? I don't know how to set the problem up!
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Question 831767: I am a sailor with a head injury, I have a tarp 16 feet by 3 feet can I cut and sew to get a triangle 8 feet by 8feet by 8feet Thank you.

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Question 831843: whatis the width of a rectangle when the answer is 335cm^2 and the width is 1 cm shorter than the length thank you
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Question 831843: whatis the width of a rectangle when the answer is 335cm^2 and the width is 1 cm shorter than the length thank you
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Question 831961: what is the length and width of a rectangle with a perimeter of 135 feet. the ratio of length to width is 8:1
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Question 831709: find area of 30-54-45-15 feet of rectangle

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