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Geometry 10. The longest side of a rectangle is 3 less than six times the length of the shorter side. The perimeter of the rectangle is 50. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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10. The longest side of a rectangle is 3 less than six times the length of the shorter
side. The perimeter of the rectangle is 50. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

User Pieter Alberts
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L = 6w - 3

2L + 2w = 50

2(6w - 3) + 2w = 50

12w - 6 + 2w = 50

14w = 56

W = 4
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L = 6w - 3

L = 6(4) - 3

L =21

The length is 21 units and the width is 4 units.
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