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30 September, 06:41

The length is 2 feet longer than the width. The perimeter is 36 feet, what is the length?

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  1. 30 September, 08:48
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    The length would be 10ft and the width would be 8ft

    Step-by-step explanation:

    For the purpose of this, we'll set the width as x. We can then define the length as x + 2 since we know it is 2 ft longer than the width. Now we can use those along with the perimeter formula to solve for the width.

    P = 2l + 2w

    36 = 2 (x + 2) + 2 (x)

    36 = 2x + 4 + 2x

    36 = 4x + 4

    32 = 4x

    8 = x

    Now since we know that the width is 8ft, we can add 2ft to it to get the length, which would be 10ft.
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