SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 2 inches less than 3 times the number of inches in its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 28 inches, what is the width and length of the recta

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Question 464847: The length of a rectangle is 2 inches less than 3 times the number of inches in its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 28 inches, what is the width and length of the rectangle?
{Width in., Length in.}
Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
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so width is x
then length is 3x-2
2x+6x-4=28
8x-4=28
8x=32
x=4
so width is 4, then length is 3*4-2=10