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Alice has a rectangular garden with width 5 feet and length 8 feet. She wants to divide her garden into two parts using a fence as shown in the following figure so that she can keep purple and red flowers in the two areas. How long should the fence be?
8 ft5 ft

A. 9.4 ft
B. 9.53 ft
C. 89 ft
D. 44.5 ft
E. 8.23 ft
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