Posted by JoAnn on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 12:09pm.
From the information above, you should be able to develop the folowing two equations.
L = 2W + 6
2L + 2W = 54
Substitute the value of L from the first equation into the second and solve for W.
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
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