Question:
James had a piece of wire 17b cm long. He formed a triangle with sides measuring b cm, 3b cm and 20 cm with part of the wire. He used the remaining piece of wire to form a rectangle of length 3b cm.
If b = 8, what was the breadth of the rectangle?
Solution:
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