The perimeter of a rectangle is 72 inches. the rectangle is 24 inches longer and x inches wide. how wide is the rectangle

W=6 INCHES

Step-by-step explanation:

P=2(l+w)

72=2(24+w+w)

72=48+2w+2w

   =48=4w

-48   -48

24=4w divide both sides by 4 24/4=6

provide more details to solve it

step-by-step explanation:

8.75

how-to:

first, we need to find what we have to work with.

since i know that we have 7 (years) and 0.8 (inches), we can use these to solve and find the equation!

secondly, what you want to do, is see that we need to know how much growth out of the 0.8 inches he got in only 1 year, instead of 7 years.

let's try to divide.

7 ÷ 0.8 = 8.75