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Measuring moment (H). While lounging around your room one day, avoiding your history reading, you notice a tissue box and decide to do some measuring. The box has dimensions l, w, and h, measured in inches. Your measurements reveal that the perimeters of the faces have the following lengths:
While it might not help you with your history assignment, solve these equations simultaneously to find l, w, and h.
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