The length of a rectangle is 3 more than 3 times its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 174 inches. What is the length of the rectangle?
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According to the problem, the length of the rectangle is 3 more than 3 times its width, so we can express the length as 3w + 3. The perimeter of a rectangle is calculated as 2 times the sum of its length and width. So, we can set up the equation: 2(w + 3w + 3) = Show more…
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