Bobby knows that the perimeter of the original rectangle is 120 meters. He also knows that the perimeter of the reduced rectangle is 30 meters and the reduced length is 9 meters. Not drawn to scale What is the width of the original rectangle?
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Ok so here we can start of by finding the ratio of the original to the reduced which is 4:1. Then we can find out the width of the reduced which is 6. Finally, all you have to do is multiply 6 by 4 and you get the answer which is 24.