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Please help!! The width of a rectangular painting is 10 in. less than the length. The area of the painting is 96 in ^2

Find the length and width.

Please help!! The width of a rectangular painting is 10 in. less than the length. The-example-1

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I’m so sorry I don’t have time to work it out, but you’re gonna set up two equations… w(l)=96 and w=(l)-10
You can then substitute the w into the other equations and continue to solve them out.
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