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A rectangle is x+3cm long and ycm wide.If the perimeter of the rectangle is 24cm,show that y =a-x

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no idea what a is supposed to be, but we have

2(x+3 + y) = 24
2x+2y = 18
x+y = 9
y = 9-x

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