Question

the length of a rectangle is 27cm less than five times its width. Its area is 56 square cm. Find the dimensions of the rectangle, lenght, width

Answer 1

You're given the length in terms of the width.

What info are you given? That it's a rectangle. You know that the perimeter is 2l + 2w and the area is l*w

How would you represent length in terms of width? recall "the length of a rectangle is 27cm less than five times its width."

Answer 2

im still not understanding at the end its asking for the width and length

Answer 3

this is your picture. They're telling you in the problem what the length is.
l = 27cm less than five times its width