SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular garden is 8 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 188 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?
Please note that this
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Question 1151543: The length of a rectangular garden is 8 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 188 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?
Please note that this question asks for area. Find width and length first and then use area formula A=(length)(width)
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the length be and the width
if he length of a rectangular garden is feet than its width, we have
........eq.1
If the garden's perimeter is feet, we have
.......eq.2
substitute
now find
........eq.1
the area of the garden is:
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