Question

The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 cm and its width is 11 cm longer than its length. What is the width? Show your work using an equation. Write just the width below.

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  1. Answer:
    19cm
    Step-by-step explanation:
    Perimeter =54 cm
    let the length be x
    the width is 11cm longer than the length so it will be x + 11
    and we have 2 lengths and 2 widths in a rectangle, so the equation is:
    x+x+x+11cm+x+11cm=54cm
    4x+22cm=54cm
    4x=54cm-22cm
    4x=32cm
    divide both sides by 4 to find x
    x=8cm
    previously I said the length is x and the width is x+11, and we’ve found the length which is x, so to find the width:
    x+11cm
    8cm+11cm=19cm

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