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The length of a rectangle is 4 feet less than twice its width, while the perimeter is 15.

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Answer:

width: 3.83

length: 3.66

Explanation:

The perimeter of a triangle is calculating by adding all the sides together (length + length + width + width). Since we are given the formula for the length we can simply substitute that formula and solve for the width which would be the only variable in the equation.

length + length + width + width = 15

(2w-4) + (2w-4) + w + w = 15 ... combine like terms

6w - 8 = 15 ... add 8 on both sides

6w = 15 ... divide both sides by 6

w = 3.83

Now that we know the value for the width we can plug it into the formula for the length to find its value

l = 2w - 4

l = 7.66 - 4

l = 3.66

Finally, we can see that the rectangle has a width of 3.83 and a length of 3.66

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