SOLUTION: Write it as an inequality, please. Amy wants to fence in a garden whose length is 2m more than twice its width. What is the greatest width her garden can be, if she has at most

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Question 636573: Write it as an inequality, please.
Amy wants to fence in a garden whose length is 2m more than twice its width. What is the greatest width her garden can be, if she has at most 70m of fencing?
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Question states***  2y + 2x < 70m

  y + x < 35m     |  y = 2x+2

(2x+2)+x  <  35

      3x < 33

       x < 11m