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Your dad is designing a new rectangular garden for your backyard. He has 20 feet of fencing to go around the garden. He wants the length of the garden to be 2 12 feet longer than the width. How long should he make the garden?

A 6 ¼ feet
B 6 feet
C 5 ½ feet
D 5 feet

User Jdotjdot
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B 6 feet that’s the best I can get
User Muhammad Sulman
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Length = 6.25 feet

Your dad is designing a new garden for your
backyard. He has 20 feet of fencing to go
around the garden.
Let the width is X.
Length is 2 1/2 feet longer than the width i.e. (×+2 1/2) = (×+2.5) feet Perimeter = 20 feet
2(1+b) = 20
(I+b) = 10
(x+2.5+x) = 10
2x+2.5 = 10
2x = 7.5
x = 3.75 feet
Length = (x+2.5)
= (3.75+2.5)
= 6.25 feet
So, the length of the garden is 6.25 feet.
User Cgf
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