SOLUTION: John built a rectangular vegetable garden that is 37 meters long and has a perimeter of 114 meters. What is the width of John's vegetable garden?

Question 969550: John built a rectangular vegetable garden that is 37 meters long and has a perimeter of 114 meters.
What is the width of John's vegetable garden?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
WIDTH=20 METERS
Perimeter of a rectangle is 2L +2W We know that L=37 so 2L=74
114 is the perimeter.
114=74+ 2W
Subtract 74 from both sides
40=2W
Divide by 2
Width=20
The sides of the rectangle are 20, 37,20,37 (units are meters)
A square is a special rectangle where all sides are equal. All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. (not necessary for this problem).
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