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The perimeter of a rectangle measures 24 inches. One side measures 7 inches. What does the missing length measure?

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To find the perimeter of a rectangle you must add the lengths of all the sides, if one side is 7 inches the parallels side is also 7 inches. Therefore, the two remaining sides are both 5 if the perimeter is 24 inches.
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The missing length is 5

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