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John cut a paper square with a perimeter of 18 inches into two rectangles. The perimeter of one of the rectangles is 10 inches. What is the perimeter of the second rectangle?

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Answer:

17 inches

Explanation:

The original square had sides of 4.5 (18/4)

To get a perimeter of 10, we know that two sides would already equal 9 (4.5+4.5). That means we only have 1 inch for the other two sides, so they are each 1/2 inch.

That leaves the second rectangle with a length and width of 4.5 and 4.

2(4.5) + 2(4) =

9+8=

17

User Walter Luszczyk
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Answer:

17 in

Explanation:

2(4.5) + 2(4)

=9+8

=17

Hope this helps!

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