SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular garden is 8 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 196 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?

Question 19881: The length of a rectangular garden is 8 feet longer than its width. If the garden's perimeter is 196 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?

Answer by zerosignal(28) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given: length is 8 ft longer than its width, perimeter is 196 ft.
Let x = width (a)
Let x+8 = length (b)

therefore, the width of the garden is 45 feet, and the length is 45+8 = 53 feet.
Area of a rectangle is A = a*b

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