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The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 cm. The width is 1 cm shorter than the length. What is the length and width of the rectangle

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Answer:

13 is the width and 14 is the length

Explanation:

I divided 54 and got 13.5 then I started adding random numbers around 13 like 12+12+13+13 that didn't work it came out to 50 so I went up and did 13+13+14+14 and got my answer

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