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Question 197842: The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 inches. If the length is 1 inch less than twice the width, what are the dimensions? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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Let x represent the width, then 2x - 1 represents the length. Since the perimeter is calculated by adding two times the length to two times the width:
