Width = W.
L = 2W - 5.
2W + 2L = 62 cm.
2W + 2(2W-5) = 62.
2W + 4W - 10 = 62.
6W = 72.
W = 12 cm.
The perimeter of a rectangle is 62 cm. The length is 5 less 2 times the number x. What is the width?
Is the answer 18?
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