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Peter is trying to buy fencing for the perimeter of his garden. His garden is in the shape of a rectangle with a length of 2(x+6

)feet and a width of 3.5x feet. How many feet of fencing will he need to buy? Write and simplify an expression to represent this situation? What properties did you use?
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RideAnS [48]3 years ago

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Given dimensions of a rectangular garden are:

length = 2(x+6) feet

width = 3.5x feet

using the distributive property on length we get, length = 2x+12

Perimeter of a rectangle is 2(length+width)

So, P = 2(2x+12+3.5x)

Solving it we get,

P = 2(5.5x +12) ..............adding like terms

P = $(2\times5.5)+(2\times12)$ .............multiplying and adding

P = 11x+24

So, perimeter is 11x+24 feet. This value of fencing will be needed.

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