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Question

The perimeter of a rectangle is 40, the long sides or one and a half yards longer than the others what is the area?

Answer 1

Assuming the perimeter is 40 yards,

then the sum of the length and width is 20

Now the length is 1.5 yards longer than the width.

w presents the width, w + 1.5 represents the length.

w + w + 1.5 = 20

Can you solve for w?

Once you solve for w and determine the length, then the area.