SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet more than the width. The perimeter is 50 feet. Find the width.

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Question 899304: The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet more than the width. The perimeter is 50 feet. Find the width.

Answer by hk(4)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter if rectangle = 2 *(length+width). if width is say 'w', length can be taken as ''w+7. putting that back in equation we get
50= 2*(w+7+w) or 50 = 4w+14 solving for w, we get w= 9

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