SOLUTION: One side of the flower garden is 3 times as great as the other. What are the dimensions of the flower garden? Area is 48 square inches.
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Question 1058795: One side of the flower garden is 3 times as great as the other. What are the dimensions of the flower garden? Area is 48 square inches.
Answer by solve_for_x(190) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x represent the shorter side of the garden.
The longer side is then 3x.
The area is:
length * width = 3x * x = 48
3x^2 = 48
x^2 = 48 / 3
x^2 = 16
x = 4
The shorter side is 4 inches long.
The longer side is 3*4 = 12 inches long.
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