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How is working backward similar to solving an equation?

Hurrya vegetable garden and a surrounding path are shaped like a square that together are 11ft wide. the path is 2ft wide if one bag of gravel covers 9 square feet how many bags are needed to cover the path

20.ju inces. which ordered pair is a viable solution if x represents the number of books he orders and y represents the total weight of the books, in ounces? (-3,-18) (-0.5, -3) (0,0) (0.5, 3)