Arectangle whose perimeter is 68 ft has a length that is 8 ft longer than its width. what is the area of the rectangle

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.