Answer:
Width=28 1/3 Length=51 2/3
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Create an equation
x+(2x-5)=80
2. Solve
x+(2x-5)=80
3x-5=80
3x-5+5=80+5
3x/3=85/3
x=28 1/3
So, if x=28 1/3
85/3x2=170/3
56 2/3-5
So, Length=51 2/3
The answer is the first option
So. let's say the numbers are "a" and "b"
whatever they're, we know a + b = 56
let's say the larger one is "b", so 3 times the smaller is 3*a or 3a
now, 12 less than that, is 3a - 12
and the larger is that, so b = 3a - 12
so

solve for "a", to see what the smaller one is
what's b? well, b = 56 - a
The answer is x = 2 that's what I think
The formula for the problem is: An = 8(n-1) - 2