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tami's rectangular desk has a perimeter of 160 inches. the length of the desk is 60 inches. Tami said the width of the desk is 100 inches, which is incorrect. explain what tamis error is and give the correct
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tami's rectangular desk has a perimeter of 160 inches. the length of the desk is 60 inches. Tami said the width of the desk is 100 inches, which is incorrect. explain what tamis error is and give the correct width

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Tami thought that the perimiter is length plus width, which gave her 100. The actual width is 20
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