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The length of a rectangle is x-2. It's area is 2x-4. What is a simplified expression for the width?​

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Answer:

(2x-4 )/(x-2).

Explanation:

The area formula is L*W (length times width.) The length is x-2 and the area is 2x-4, and you need to find the width. To find the width, we can do area divided by length, or in this case, (2x-4 )/(x-2).

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