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The length of a rectangle is twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 inches. Write a system of equations in 2 variables. Use substitution to solve the problem. Equation 1: Equation 2: What
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The length of a rectangle is twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 24 inches. Write a system of equations in 2 variables. Use substitution to solve the problem.

Equation 1:
Equation 2:
What is the area of the rectangle?

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the width can be x.
so it means that the length is 2x
the equation would be
2(x+2x)=24 inches
2x+4x= 24
6x= 24
x=4 (this is the width, so the length will be 8 inches)
the area will be 4 times 8 = 32
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