Sara wants to trim a lampshade with braid. the lampshade is shaped like a rectangular prism. the length of the base of the lampshade is 4 inches greater than its width. if the perimeter of the base is

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Answer:

15.5 inches

Explanation:

Let the width be
and the length be
w+4 .

Using the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle,

$2(w+w+4)=54 \\ \\ 2w+4=27 \\ \\ 2w=23 \\ \\ w=11.5 \\ \\ \implies w+4=15.5$

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