Question: The development site consists of a rectangular plot of land, with a smaller rectangle set aside as National Forest land (which is not part of

The development site consists of a rectangular plot of land, with a smaller rectangle set aside as National Forest land (which is not part of the site). Driving north along the eastern edge of the site, Joe uses the odometer in his truck to determine the length of the forest is 1.2 miles, and the remaining length of the site is 2.0 miles. He also knows the width of the forest is one mile less than the width of the southern portion of the site. (See the figure below.) The total area of the site excluding the forest is 12 square miles. What is the width, , of region 2, as shown in the picture above

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