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Peter is trying to buy fencing for the perimeter of his garden. His garden is in the shape of a rectangle with a length of 2(x+6) feet and a width of 3.5x feet. How many feet of fencing will he need to buy? Write and simplify an expression to represent this situation? What properties did you use?

Please answer, i need this for Thursday.

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perimeter = 2(l+w)
p=2(2x+12+3.5x)
P=4x+24+7x
P=(11x + 24 )ft
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