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The length of a rectangle is 5 inches longer than half of its width. The area of the rectangle is 72 square inches. How many inches wide is the rectangle?

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

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Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

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