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Daniel's yard is perfectly rectangular. It has a length of 28 yards and a perimeter of 88 yards. Find the width of his yard.

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Draw a picture of the yard, rectangle. On the two long sides, write 28 yards and on the two shorter ones, just write a question mark.

To figure out perimeter, you need to add up each side.

P = Perimeter

L = Length

W = Width

P = L(2) + W(2)

If the length is 28, double it. = 56

Now subtract that from the perimeter - 88-56=32

32 is what you have left, so now split that, and replace the question marks.

All-in-all each width is 16 yards, while each length is 28, making the whole rectangle have a perimeter of 88 yards.

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