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Marissa uses 64 feet of fence to make a border around a rectangular flower garden. The length of the garden is 20 feet. What is the width of the garden? ​

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Answer: 12 feet

Step-by-step explanation: If the length of the garden is 20 feet then that means 40 feet of fence was used to make both lengths of the garden. So we subtract 40 from 64 which leaves us with 24 feet and then we divide 24 by 2 to get 12 because there are 2 widths.

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