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The Perimeter Of A Parallelogram Is 72 Meters. The Width Of The Parallelogram Is 4 Meters Less Than It’s Length. Find The Length And The Width Of The Parallelogram?

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The width would be x-4 and

Length would be x

Add all of the sides together

(x-4)+(x-4) + x + x =72,

Which would come out

4x-8=72

Subtract 8 fro, 72 and you get 64

Then divided 64 by 4

So. Width is 16 and length is 20 . given (x-4)


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