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Please help me with this. I think I understand it and know what it is but I just want someone to check it for me to see if I'm right. The width (w) of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than the length
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Please help me with this. I think I understand it and know what it is but I just want someone to check it for me to see if I'm right.

The width (w) of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than the length (L). The area of the garden is 30 square feet.

A. Write an expression to represent the width of the garden in terms of length

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Ok, so
Length = L
Width = L + 7

Since area = length x width, then

30 = L × (L + 7)

Remember that L + 7 Is width so...

L + 7 = 30/L

So the expression for the width in terms of length would be...
w = 30/L - 7
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