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A rectangle with a perimeter of 102 inches is half as wide as it is long. Write and solve an equation to determine the length of this rectangle in inches.

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One side is 17 inches and the tother is 34

So you could use

2(x) + 2(y) = 102

x=7 y=32

I hope that helps any!
User Inam Ul Huq
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let width be x inches so the length will be 2x inches.
so we have
2*2x + 2x = 102
6x = 102
x= 17


so the length = 2x = 2*17 = 34 inches
User James McCabe
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