SOLUTION: Choose a variable to represent one unknown. Then write and expression that represents the other unknown. The rectangle is 6 units longer than it is wide. Express the lengeth and wi
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Question 126750: Choose a variable to represent one unknown. Then write and expression that represents the other unknown. The rectangle is 6 units longer than it is wide. Express the lengeth and width of this rectangle. Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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The rectangle is 6 units longer than it is wide:
let the lenght be and the width be , then
or