SOLUTION: Please Help me I never was good at word problem. Please show all work. Thanks in advance The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width. If the garden's p

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Question 1016992: Please Help me I never was good at word problem. Please show all work.
Thanks in advance
The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 202 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?

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The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 202 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?
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Find L & W
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Perimeter = 2L + 2W = 202
L + W = 101
L = W + 7
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Now it's not a word problem.