SOLUTION: Maria's garden is in the shape of a rectangle that is twice as long as it is wide. Maria increases the width by 2ft making the garden 1.5 times as long as it is wide. what are the
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Question 1143611: Maria's garden is in the shape of a rectangle that is twice as long as it is wide. Maria increases the width by 2ft making the garden 1.5 times as long as it is wide. what are the dimensions of the original garden?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the width =
The length is
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After the width is increased:
the dimensions are 6 x 12
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check:
Maria increases the width by 2ft
The width is now 8ft
OK
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