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  • 09-04-2020
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the length of a rectangle is 2 less than the width and the area is 15 square feet. what are the dimensions of this rectangles.

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Harukananase000 Harukananase000
  • 17-04-2020

Answer:

The length of the rectangle is 3 feet and the width of the rectangle is 5 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

You get the area of a rectangle by multiplying length x width.

15 is found by multiplying 5 and 3.

3 is 2 less than 5, therefore 3 is the length and 5 is the width.

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