Question 1125346
The drawing you could (and must) do yourself.


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The length of a RED rectangle is 15 cm more than its width (w). A blue rectangle, which is 5 cm wider and 2 cm shorter than the red one, has a perimeter 72 cm. Make a sketch of the rectangles expressing all dimensions in terms of (w). Then find the dimensions of each rectangle. 
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<u>Red Rectangle</u>


Length w+15
Width w



<u>Blue Rectangle</u>


Length, w+15-2=w+13
Width, w+5
Perimeter,  72


{{{highlight_green(2(w+13)+2(w+5)=72)}}}
Simplify and solve this equation for w.  Once done, you can evaluate the dimensions for the Red rectangle and for the Blue rectangle.


(drawing the figures will help you see the situation more clearly.)