The length of a rectangle is 5 meters less than 3 times the width. The perimeter is 54 meters. Find the width.

Yoanny asked Apr 21, 2023

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The perimeter is given by:

$\begin{gathered} P=2w+2l \\ \text{where:} \\ w=\text{width} \\ l=\text{length} \end{gathered}$

Since the length of a rectangle is 5 meters less than 3 times the width:

Andy Barnard answered Apr 25, 2023

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