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The length of a swimming pool is 5 feetshorter than twice the width. Let nrepresent the width. Which expressiongives the length of the swimming pool?
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The length of a swimming pool is 5 feetshorter than twice the width. Let nrepresent the width. Which expressiongives the length of the swimming pool?

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If n is the width of the swimming pool, then, based on the given information, you can write for the length:

length = 2n - 5 '5ft shorter than twice the width'

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