SOLUTION: Height of a rectangular box is h cm.Its length is 4 times the height and breadth is 6 cm less than its length.Express the length and breadth of the box in terms of its height?

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Question 1091547: Height of a rectangular box is h cm.Its length is 4 times the height and breadth is 6 cm less than its length.Express the length and breadth of the box in terms of its height?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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h, height
L, length
b, breadth

system%28L=4h%2Cb=L-6%29

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Express the length and breadth of the box in terms of its height?
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You already do have the length in terms of height.

Next, simply substitute.
b=%284h%29-6
b=4h-6