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The length of a rectangle is

5

yd

longer than its width.

If the perimeter of the rectangle is

38

yd

, find its area.

There would be four unknown sides just two sides are five more that the others so set it up like this.

4x + 10 = 38

-10 - 10

4x=28

28/4=7

Each side is 7 and two have five more so it would be length is 12 and width is seven so the are would equal 84