SOLUTION: A gardener wants to run a border around the outside of her garden. She plots it on a grid to plan how much she will need. The garden is in the shape of a rectangle with vertices at
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Question 1104880: A gardener wants to run a border around the outside of her garden. She plots it on a grid to plan how much she will need. The garden is in the shape of a rectangle with vertices at (3, 9) (5, 9) (3, 3) (5, 3). Find the total length of border needed. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The line between ( 5,9 ) and ( 5,3 ) is a vertical line
from to the length is
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The line between ( 3,9 ) and ( 3,3 ) is also vertical
from to the length is
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The line between ( 5,9 ) and ( 3,9 ) is a horizontal line
from to the length is
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The line between ( 3,3 ) and ( 5,3 ) is also horizontal
from to the length is
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The length of the border is
