Asked by christian

Manny has 48 feet of wood. He wants to use all of it to create a border around a garden. The equation 2 l plus 2 w equals 48 can be used to find the length and width of the garden, where l is the length and w is the width of the garden. If Manny makes the garden 15 feet long, how wide should the garden be?

9 feet
18 feet
30 feet
33 feet

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Perimeter equation: 2l + 2w = 48.
Plug l = 15: 2(15) + 2w = 48 → 30 + 2w = 48 → 2w = 18 → w = 9 feet.

Answer: 9 feet.