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Question 671374: Can you help me with this question? The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 feet. Find its length and width if the length is twice the width.
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If a rectangle with perimeter has a length that is units longer (or shorter if ) than times the width, ,

Then knowing that the Perimeter is given by:

,

make the substitution:



Then solve for







Substitute your values and do the arithmetic.

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