Sally uses a piece of wire 60 cm long to form a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 5cm longer than its breadth. What is the length of the rectangle?

19-Jan-2019 · 11 answers

Let the breadth of the rectangle be b cm, then its length is b + 5 cm. So the four lengths (two breadths and two lengths) are (b + 5) + b + (b + 5) ...

the answer is 48m^2!

step-by-step explanation:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.