Question 329318
Hello, 
Let's have x represent the width and length x+3. Now we can set up the following equation as:
2x+2(x+3)=26
Rewritten as:
4x+6=26
Subtract 6 and divide by 4 to get:
x=5 
OK, we know the width is 5 cm and length is 8.
Make sense?
RJ
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