12. A rectangular garden has a length of L meters and a width of 3 meters less than its length. How much does it cost to put a fence around the garden if the fencing is $4 per meter?

Area: (2x - 7) * (3*2 + 4x)

         (2x - 7) * (6 + 4x)

                 8x-42

Perimeter: 2(2x - 7) + 2(3*2 + 4x)

Step-by-step explanation:

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the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet