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Two rooms in a house are similar rectangles. Room A is 12 ft by 16 ft. The longer side of Room B is 4 ft shorter than twice the length of the shorter side of Room A. What are the dimensions of Room B?
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Two rooms in a house are similar rectangles. Room A is 12 ft by 16 ft. The longer side of Room B is 4 ft shorter than twice the length of the shorter side of Room A. What are the dimensions of Room B?

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its 15 ft by 20ft
u can find the longer side of room B by calculating 12×2-4=20
then u make it 12/16=x/20
the x represent the length
and by calculating u wil find 15
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