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Area of rectangle is 6x -2, width is x - 2. What is the length

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x-2 times the length = 6x-2

So the length is 6x-2/x-2

You can leave it like that or you can go a step further and simplify it a little

6x-2/x-2

=6+(10/x-2)

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