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The perimeter of a rectangle is 32 cm. If the length of the rectangle is 8cm more than the width, find the length and the width.

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x + x + x + x + 8 + 8 = 32 Length: (x + 8) = (4 + 8) = 12cm
4x + 16 = 32 Width: (x) = 4cm
-16 -16
4x = 16
divide by 4 on both sides
x = 4
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