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 ga

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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 ga

rden 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. 8ft 12ft 16ft 24ft

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liberstina [14] · Answer 1 · 2023-10-22T23:04:33+03:00

1. To solve this exercise you must plot the vertices of the rectangle: (3,9);(5,9); (3,3); (5,3). The graph is shown in the figure attached.
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2. As you can see in the graph, the rectangle has 6 feet long (L=6 feet) and 2 feet wide (W=2 feet).

3. Then, the perimeter of the rectangle is:

P=2L+2W

4. When you substitute the values of "L" and "W" into </span>P=2L+2W<span>, you obtain:

P=2(6 feet)+2(2 feet)
P=12 feet+4 feet
P=16 feet

Therefore, the total length of border needed is 16 feet.</span>