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Peter is trying to buy fencing for the perimeter of his garden. His garden is in the shape of a rectangle with a length of 2(x+6)feet and a width of 3.5x feet. How many feet of fencing will he need to buy? Write and simplify an expression to represent this situation? What properties did you use?

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P=2(L+W)

P=2(2(x+6)+3.5x)

P=2(2x+12+3.5x)

P=2(5.5x+12)

P=11x+24 ft
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