the length of a rectangle is 3 less than twice the width. The perimeter is 108 in. What is the length and width?

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Answer:

19 in and 35 in

Explanation:

Let the width be w and the length be 2w-3. Then,

$2(w+2w-3)=108 \\ \\ 3w-3=54 \\ \\ 3w=57 \\ \\ w=19 \\ \\ \implies 2w-3=35$

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