<PRE><B>Question 728434</B>
a rectangular table is twice as long as it is wide. If it was 3 meters shorter and 3 meters wider it would be square. What size is the table?
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L = 2W 
L - 3 = W + 3
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Sub 2W for L
2W - 3 = W + 3
W = 6
L = 12

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