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The length of a rectangle is 5cm less than twice its width. The perimiter of the rectangle is 26 cm. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, rfer:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The length of a rectangle is 5cm less than twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 26 cm. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Let the width be "W".
Then length = L = 2W-5
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Equation:
Perimeter = 2(W + L)
26 = 2(W + 2W-5)
13 = W +2W - 5
13 = 3W - 5
3W = 18
W = 6 cm (width)
L = 2W-5 = 7 cm (length)
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Stan H.
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