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Jamie has a rectangular pool that has a length of 12 feet and a perimeter of 40 feet. What is the width of the pool?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Perimeter = 2(length + width). So 2(12 + w) = 40 → 12 + w = 20 → w = 8.

The width is 8 feet.