SOLUTION: The question asks: the perimeter of the rectangular garden is 1260 feet. if the length is 3 times the width, find the length and width. so first i tried dividing 1260 by 3 and

Question 926718: The question asks: the perimeter of the rectangular garden is 1260 feet. if the length is 3 times the width, find the length and width.
so first i tried dividing 1260 by 3 and had 420 after that i was thinking of dividing it by 3 for the width but then when i added them it didnt come up to 1260
so then i tried cutting it in half n dividing that by 3 .... but yeah so then i googled how to solve the problem and so i found this place algebra.com yay
thats about it i guess thank you helping

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the width
= the length
Let = the perimeter

and

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The garden is 157.5 x 472.5
check:

OK

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