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Steven has a rectangular rug with a perimeter of 16 feet. The width of the rug is 5 feet. What is the length of the rug

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3 feet long. Hope I helped! :)
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3 feet long because you take the width which is 5 multiply it by 2 so you would get 10 then subtract 10 from the given perimeter to get 6 which would be both legnths together so you divide 6 by 2 and you get 3
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