Question 1045783
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A rectangular room is 6 meters longer than it is wide, and its perimeter is 
24 meters. Find the dimension of the room. 
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Let W be the width of the room, in meters.
Then the length is W + 6 meters.

For the perimeter, we have this equation

(W+6) + W + (W+6) + W = 24,  or

4W + 12 = 24,  or  4W = 24 - 12 = 12.

Then W = {{{12/4}}} = 3 m

So we found the width W = 3 meters.

Then the length is W+6 = 3+6 = 9 m.

<U>Answer</U>.  The length is 9 m.  The width is 3 m.
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