SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem and turn it into equation: Stan wants to make a rectangular garden. He has 34 ft. of fencing to put around the perimeter. If the length is to be 5

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Question 988942: Please help me solve this problem and turn it into equation: Stan wants to make a rectangular garden. He has 34 ft. of fencing to put around the perimeter. If the length is to be 5 ft. more than the width, find the dimensions of the planned garden.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Length L
Width w
system%28L=w%2B5%2C2w%2B2L=34%29


Still stuck?


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Indication was you succeeded.
Simplified the perimeter equation and then substituted for L?
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w%2BL=17
and then
w%2B%28w%2B5%29=17
2w%2B5=17
2w=12
w=6------width found
this means
L=6%2B5
L=11------length found