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The length of a rectangular is 4 meters less than twice the width. If the area of the rectangle is 240 square meters, find the dimensions

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Let x be the width.

Width=x
Height= 2x-4

x*(2x-4)=240
Once you simplify, you should get Length=20, Width=12
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