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The perimeter of a rectangle is less than 90. What is the width?
A) W < 12.5
B) W < 20
C) W < 25
D) W < 42.5

Answer
There is not enough information to answer this question.  Any of them could be the answer.  If the rectangle is also a square, then the sides have to be < 22.5.  Did they give you a value for the length?  That's the only way you can determine what the width has to be less than.

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