The length of a rectangle is 2 inches longer than its width. If the perimeter is 36 inches, find the length and width

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yanasidlinskiy · Answer

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The perimeter of a rectangle is $2 \times (length + width)$

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

Got that so far?

anonymous · Answer

Yes

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

We can take width as x, then length is 4 inches more, so:
Width = x
Length = x + 4

Equation we get:

$⇒2(x+x+4)=36$
Next step would be to?

anonymous · Answer

Would the equation be x+x+x+2+x+2

yanasidlinskiy · Answer

No. The next step would be to divide by 2. After we have divided by 2, Our equation now looks like this:
x+x+4=18 
Do you know what the next step might be?

shadowlegendx. · Answer

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