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The perimeter of a rectangle is 10. The length of the rectangle is five less than four times the width. Find the width of the rectangle

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L=4*W-5

10=W*2+(4*W-5)*2

10=W*2+8*W-10

20=10*W

2=W

L=4*2-5

L=3

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