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Width of Maria's Garden

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Maria is making a rectangular garden in her backyard. She wants the length of the garden to be 3 feet longer than twice its width.

If she has a total of 36 feet of fencing available to enclose the garden, what is the width of the garden in feet? Use this equation to represent the perimeter:

$$P = 2(length + width)$$

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