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The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 290 feet. If the length of the garden is 84 feet, what is its width?

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the width would be 61 ft
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Since the formula for the perimeter is 2l+2w=290 (given that the length=l and the width is w), we plug 84 in for l to get (2)(84)+2w=290. Next, we multiply it out to get 168+2w=290 and we subtract 168 from both sides to get 122=2w. Dividing 2 from both sides, we get 61=w. 
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