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You can adapt familiar formulas to write inequalities. You use the real-world situation to determine which inequality symbol to use.
Geometry In a community garden, you want to fence in a vegetable garden that is adjacent to your friend's garden. You have at most 42 ft of fence. What are the possible lengths of your garden?
Relate | Since the fence will surround the garden, you can use the perimeter formula P = 2ℓ + 2w. | ||||
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The length of the garden must be 9 ft or less.
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