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the length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 11 inches, and the area is 80 square inches. What are the length and width of the rectangle?

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Factors of 80:

1 x 80 [ Difference is 79]

2 x 40 [Difference is 38]

4 x 20 [Difference is 16]

5 x 16 [Difference is 11]

8 x 10 [Difference is 2]


From the information above, we can conclude that the length is 16 and the width is 5, which gives us a difference if 11.

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Width is 5 inches, length is 16 inches
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