How Do You Find the Width of a Rectangle if You Know its Length and Perimeter?

How Do You Find the Width of a Rectangle if You Know its Length and Perimeter?

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Trying to figure out a missing side length of a rectangle? Got the perimeter and the other side length? Then you can use that information and the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle to find that missing length! This tutorial will show you how!

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  • known perimeter
  • solve width
  • rectangle
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  • perimeter
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Background Tutorials

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  • Evaluating Expressions

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