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9.4 Exercise 132

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Fence Jose just removed the children’s playset from his back yard to make room for a rectangular garden. He wants to put a fence around the garden to keep out the dog. He has a 5050 foot roll of fence in his garage that he plans to use. To fit in the backyard, the width of the garden must be 1010 feet. How long can he make the other side if he wants to use the entire roll of fence?

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 9.4 Use Properties of Rectangles, Triangles, and Trapezoids, exercise 132

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