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A rectangular garden originally measured 5 feet by 10 feet as shown below. A path was created around the garden by increasing each side of the original rectangle by x-feet on both sides

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I FOND YOUR COMPLETE QUESTION IN ANOTHER SOURCE.
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The width of the rectangle in this case will be given by:
w = x + 5 + x
Rewriting:
w = 2x + 5
The length of the rectangle will be given by:
L = x + 10 + x
Rewriting:
L = 2x + 10
Answer:
w = 2x + 5
L = 2x + 10
A rectangular garden originally measured 5 feet by 10 feet as shown below. A path-example-1
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