A girl made a quilt that was 8 inches taller than it was wide. She then sewed a 6-inch border around the entire quilt. If the area of the quilt and its border is 2385 square inches, find the dimensions of the quilt without the border. The width of the quilt without the border is

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A girl made a quilt that was 8 inches taller than it was wide. She then sewed a 6-inch border around the entire quilt. If the area of the quilt and its border is 2385 square inches, find the dimensions of the quilt without the border.
The width of the quilt without the border is
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