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Lisa built a rectangular flower garden that is 4 feet wide and has a perimeter of 26 feet what is the length of Lisa's flower garden

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Perimeter is all the sides added up. Since we have one side, and a rectangle has 2 congruent side lengths,

2*4=8

26-8= 18

Divide that by two for the length.

18/2=9

The length is 9.

I hope this helps!
~kaikers

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