A rectangle has a length 2 ft less than three times its width. What is the area of the rectangle when its width is 2 ft? Show your work.
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8 square ft
8 square ft -
6 square ft
6 square ft -
12 square ft
12 square ft -
10 square ft
To find the length of the rectangle, we can use the given information that the length is 2 ft less than three times its width. When the width is 2 ft, three times the width is 3 * 2 = 6 ft. Subtracting 2 ft from this gives us a length of 6 ft - 2 ft = 4 ft.
The area of a rectangle is found by multiplying its length by its width. In this case, the length is 4 ft and the width is 2 ft. So the area of the rectangle is 4 ft * 2 ft = 8 square ft.