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Lisa's rectangular living room is 23 feet wide. If the length is 4 feet less than twice the width, what is the area of her living room?

User Aligus
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The length is

2w - 4

Plug in the width

2(23) - 4

Length = 42

Area: length • width

42 • 23 = 966 ft^2
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