SOLUTION: A woman wishes to enclose a rectangular garden with​ fencing, using the side of her garage as one side of the rectangle. A neighbor gave her 33 feet of​ fencing, and she wants

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Question 1206049: A woman wishes to enclose a rectangular garden with​ fencing, using the side of her garage as one side of the rectangle. A neighbor gave her 33 feet of​ fencing, and she wants the length of the garden along the garage to be 9 feet more than the width. What are the dimensions of the​ garden?
The length of the rectangular garden is ? and the width of the rectangular garden is ?


Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simple to draw the description.
w for the width;
length is w+9.

w%2Bw%2B%28w%2B9%29=33
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highlight%28w=8%29