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Bob fenced in a rectangle garden in his yard the length of the rectangle is 7 feet longer than the width and the perimeter is 82 feet what is the width of the rectangle?
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∙ 14y ago
since you have 4 sides :- 2 * x & 2 * (x + 7)
so
2x+2(x+7)=82
2x+2x+14=82
4x = 68
x = 17 feet
The width is 17 feet.
Method II:
Length + width = half perimeter = 41 ft.
Subtract 7 and half the answer gives 17 which is the width.
(Add back the 7 and the length turns out to be 24 ft.)
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