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The area of a rectangle is 56cm. The length is 2cm more than x and the width is 5cm less than twice x. Solve for X. Round to the nearest whole number.
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The area of a rectangle is 56cm. The length is 2cm more than x and the width is 5cm less than twice x. Solve for X. Round to the nearest whole number.

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Answer:

x=6cm

Explanation:

User Julien Grenier
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Checking your answer: If the length is 2 more than 6, the length is 8 cm. If the width is 5 less than 2*6, it would be 12-5 = 7cm. The length (8cm) x width (7cm) = 56 cm2 so yep, it checks out!

Thus, you can be assured that X=6cm
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