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The area of a rectangle is 60 cm². The length is 11 cm more than the width. Find the width​

User Aditi Rawat
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Answer:

5

Explanation:

let width be x

and because length is 11 times more than the width, therefore length equals to 11x

hence the equation equals to

area = length x width

60 = 11x + x

60 = 12x

x = 60/12

therefore, the width of the rectangle is 5

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