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The area of a carpet is 36x -12 square inches. If the width of the carpet is 3x - 1 inches, what is the length?

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Answer:

12x

Explanation:

area=length×width

length=area/width

=36x-12/3x-1

=12(3x-1)/3x-1

length =12x

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