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Brian built a new rectangular flower bed in his front yard and he wants to cover the dirt around the flowers with mulch. The flower bed has a width of 7.5 feet and a perimeter of 49 feet. How many square feet of mulch will Brian need to cover the flower bed?

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it is 17 ft. long and 7.5 ft. wide, multiply L by W to get sq. ft  would total 127.5 
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