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A rectangle's length is 8cm more than three times its width. It the perimeter is 128 cm, find the length.

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50

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The length is 50. You solve it by making an equation out of the information given. the rectangle's length(l) is 3 times its width(w) and its perimeter(p) is 128. So in order to solve this you need an equation to find the perimeter, isolating w to find l. It'll look something like this:

(3w+8)+(3w+8)+w+w=128

?You combine all like terms turning it into:

2(4w+8)=128

8w+16=128

8w=112

w=14

you use the value of w to solve for l as follows:

l=w*3+8

l=14*3+8

l=42+8

l=50

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