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walkway installed around it with a width of x meters, as shown in the diagram below. Together, the walkway and the garden should have an area of 396 square meters. The equation (2x+12)(2x+16) = 396 can be used to represent this situation. What do the "2x"'s represent? 16 m Walkway Garden 12 m O the area of the garden o the length of the garden and walkway the width of the walkway around the garden the width ofigarden and walkway

walkway installed around it with a width of x meters, as shown in the diagram below-example-1

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In the equation:

(2x + 12)(2x + 16) = 396

396 is the area of the garden

2x + 12 is the length of the garden and the walkway

2x + 16 is the width of the garden and the walkway

2x is the width of the walkway around the garden

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