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Somebody please help me! I'm desperate

Two rectangles have the same width. One is 12 units long and the other is 8 units long. The area of the first rectangle is 320 square units more than the area of the second rectangle. Find the width of each rectangle.

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You could try the Pythagorean theorem. I can't guarantee it will work though.
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