A rectangle is five times as long as it is wide. if it were 24 cm shorter and 24cm wider, it would be a square. what are the dim

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MissTica

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A rectangle is five times as long as it is wide. if it were 24 cm shorter and 24cm wider, it would be a square. what are the dim

ensions?

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uysha [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-29T03:50:06+03:00

uysha [10]3 years ago

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<span>Let w = width of the rectangle then

5w = length
Now since the sides of a square have equal length we get

5w - 24 = w + 24

4w = 48 therefore
width = 12 and so the length = 5*12 = 60</span>