SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 178 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?
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Question 1152449: The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 178 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the length be , and its width
if the length of a rectangular garden is feet longer than its width, we have
.....eq.1
if the garden's perimeter is feet, then
..........substitute from eq.1
feet
go to
.....eq.1, substitute
feet
then, the area of the garden in square feet will be:
square feet
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