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  • 03-12-2019
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The length of a rectangle is 12 meters less than 6 times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 256 meters, find the length and the width of the rectangle.

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adelodunoba85
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  • 03-12-2019

Answer:

width=20meters

length=108meters

Step-by-step explanation:

w=x

l=6x-12

p=2(w+l)

256=2(x+6x-12)

256=2(7x-12)

256=14x-24

256+24=14x

280=14x

x=280/14=20

recall,

l=6x-12

l=6*20-12=120-12

l=108

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