SOLUTION: the length of a rectangular garden is 15 time it's width. You used 160 ft of fencing to surround the garden. How much area do you have for planting?

Question 804084: the length of a rectangular garden is 15 time it's width. You used 160 ft of fencing to surround the garden. How much area do you have for planting?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, erica65404:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The basicly asks for the area of the rectangle.
w for width
15w for length

We can only assume that the 160 feet of fencing was equivalent to the perimeter of the rectangular garden. .
Solve for w. Once found, compute .

Area is
Answer by erica65404(394) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L=15W

plug L=15W into the above equation to find the width.

W=5
PLug it into L=15W to find the length..

L=75
use W and L to find the area
The answer is 375 feet squared
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