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The length of the rectangle is 6 inches longer than the width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 42 inches. What is the width of the rectangle, in inches?

User Vyas Reddy
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The answer is 7.5 inches
User Rayshon
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to figure this out you need to subtract 12 from 42 to make the rectangle a square then divide 30 by 4 and you would get a width of 7.5inches

hope this helps

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