SOLUTION: If the length of a rectangle exceeds the width by 9 inches and the perimeter is 86 inches, what are the length and width of the rectangle?

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Question 441976: If the length of a rectangle exceeds the width by 9 inches and the perimeter is 86 inches, what are the length and width of the rectangle?
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length of a rectangle exceeds the width by 9 inches

Let x and (x+9)represent the width and length respectively

 2(x+9) + 2x = 86"

    4x = 68"

     x = 17", the width.  The length is 26"   (17" + 9")



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  2*26" + 2*17" = 86" 







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