The perimeter of a rectangle is 108 decimeters. The length of the rectangle is 42 decimeters. What is the width of the rectangle?
Responses

150 dm
66 dm
24 dm
12 dm
12 dm
Perimeter = 2(length + width)
108 = 2(42 + width)
108 = 2(42 + width)
108 = 84 + 2w
24 = 2w
w = 12 dm
Therefore, the width of the rectangle is 12 decimeters.