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A retirangle has an area of 40 units.the lenght is 6 units greater then the width

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40 units multiply by 6 units equal 240 units

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First think of all the combinations that equal 40

1x40
2x20
5x8
10x4


But since the length is 6 units greater than the width 10x4 would be what you have to work with since 10 is 6 more than 4. The length would be 10 and the width would be 4.
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