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?
9 feet
18 feet
30 feet
33 feet
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simply put the value of l= 15 in the given eqn
and then you got w = 9 feet
hope this may help you
and then you got w = 9 feet
hope this may help you
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The perimeter is 48 feet (Given)
The length is 15 feet (Given)
Find the width of the garden:
Perimeter = 2Length + 2Width
48 = 2(15) + 2Width
48 = 30 + 2Width
2Width = 48 - 30
2Width = 18
Width = 18 ÷ 2
Width = 9 feet
Answer: (a) 9 feet
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