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The length of the base of a rectangle is 6 less than 3 times the width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 52 inches. What is the length of the base?

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check the picture below.

what's the length? well, length = 3w - 6.
The length of the base of a rectangle is 6 less than 3 times the width. The perimeter-example-1
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