The perimeter of a rectangle is 182 ft. the width is two more feet than the length . find the length and width.

Let's call the width and the length based on this, we can make two equations based on the first and second sentences in the problem.

If we substitute for into the second equation, we can make the following:

Now, let's find :

The length of the rectangle is and the width of the rectangle is .

the slope of the first function is -3. (3/1)

the slope of the second function is 1. (13-10/6-3).

since |-3| is greater than |1|, the function with the steepest slope is the first.

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