SOLUTION: Mr.Calvillo wants to enclose a rectangular area for a garden space of a given square footage. The length of the plot will vary inversely as the width. If he decides on a width of 1

Question 164421: Mr.Calvillo wants to enclose a rectangular area for a garden space of a given square footage. The length of the plot will vary inversely as the width. If he decides on a width of 18 feet, the garden will be 30 feet long. How long will a 45 foot wide garden be?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can express the inverse variation of the length (L) and width (W) as:
where k is the constant of variation. To find the value of k, substitute the given values of L (30 ft.) and W (18 ft.).
Solve for k.

So now the equation of variation is:
Substitute W = 45 ft. to find L.

The garden would be 12 feet long.

RELATED QUESTIONS
Mr. Calvillo wants to enclose a rectangular area for a garden space of a given square... (answered by elima)

Mr. Calvillo wants to enclose a rectangular area for a garden space of a given square... (answered by rfer)

Mr. Calvillo wants to enclose a rectangular are for a garden space of a given square... (answered by jojo14344)

Mr.Calvillo wants to enclose a rectangular area for a garden space of a given square... (answered by venugopalramana)

Hello out there,I have some problems that I need help with that involves different... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Shondra wants to enclose a rectangular garden with 320 yards of fencing. What dimensions... (answered by aaaaaaaa)

Ely wants to enclose a rectangular garden using 150 meters fencing material. What are the (answered by ikleyn)

a rectangular garden has width w and length 1.5w. the area of the garden is 216 square... (answered by TimothyLamb)

Mr. Johnson used 80 meters of fencing to enclose a rectangular garden. The length of the (answered by josgarithmetic)