Question

The length of a rectangle is 7 cm longer than its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 74cm, find the length and the area of the rectangle.
width-- x
length -- x+7

2x + 2(x+7) = 74

solve for x to width the width and length

Area = width x length
Width is 15 feet and length is 22 feet

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