SOLUTION: A gardener has 37 ft of fencing to be used to enclose a rectangular garden that has a border 2 feet wide surrounding it. Use this information to answer the following. ​(c

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Question 1137341: A gardener has 37 ft of fencing to be used to enclose a rectangular garden that has a border 2 feet wide surrounding it.
Use this information to answer the following.

​(c)  If the length and width of the garden are to be the​ same, what would be the dimensions of the​ garden in feet?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the fence encloses the garden + border exactly, then

Take the square root of both sides



and

The dimensions of the garden are 5.25' x 5.25'
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