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Marcie wants to enclose her yard with a fence. Her yard is in the shape of a rectangle attached to a triangle. The formula for the area of the enclosed space is A = lw + 0.5bh. Solve for b.

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b =A-lw divided by 0.5h

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A=lw+0.5bh\\\\lw+0.5bh=A\ \ \ \ |subtract\
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