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17 April, 15:24

Manny has 48 feet of wood. He wants to use all of it to create a border around a garden. The equation 2l + 2w = 48 can be used to find the length and width of the garden, where l is the length and w is the width of the garden. If Manny makes the garden 15 feet long, how wide should the garden be?

garden 15 feet long, how wide should the garden be?

A. 9 feet

B. 18 feet

C. 30 feet

D. 33 feet

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  1. 17 April, 17:35
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    The perimeter of the garden is already found

    it is 2l + 2w = 48, the half of it is P/2 = 24

    but we know that P/2=l + w, so we can find w=P/2-l = 24 - 15 = 9 feet

    the answer is A. 9 feet
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