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A rectangular garden sits next to a house. Three sides of the garden are fenced, and the fourth side is the house. The length of the garden is 9 meters. A total of 21.5 meters of fencing is used. If w stands for the width of the garden in meters, which equation can be used to find its width?

User Galenus
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Answer:

A.

2w+ 9 = 21.5

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User Rafa Viotti
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2l + 2w = P

2(9) + 2w = P

Just use perimeter equation
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