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A rectangle is 6 meters less than 2 times width, perimeter is 426. How would I solve?
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A rectangle is 6 meters less than 2 times width, perimeter is 426.
Let width =x
So length = 2x-6
So perimeter = 2[2x-6+x]
=2(3x-6)
=6x-12
But perimeter= 416
or 6x-12=426
or 6x=426+12=438
or x=438/6=73 m
So length =2x-6=2*73-6
=146-6
=140.
So length= 140 m and width =73 m.