Question 1017486: Please Help me I never was good at word problem. Please show all work.
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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?
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You just have to be able to translate it into an algebra problem.
"The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width"
This means that L = W+7, where L and W are the length and width, in ft.
"If the garden's perimeter is 202 feet"
So 2L + 2W = 202.
"what is the area of the garden in square feet?"
This asks you to find L*W.
So L = W+7, so substituting that into the perimeter equation, we get 2(W+7) + 2W = 202. Can you solve for W and L?
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