document.write( "Question 626847: A rectangular garden is twice as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a sidewalk, that is 4 ft wide. The area of the sidewalk is 256 ft2. Find the dimensions of the garden. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #394522 by KMST(5328)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( "Since the garden is twice as long as it is wide, \n" ); document.write( "its length must be \n" ); document.write( "With one piece of sidewalk on each side, \n" ); document.write( "the dimensions (in feet) of the garden plus sidewalk are \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "It would look like this: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The area (in square feet) of the whole thing is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The area of the garden part only is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The difference is the area (in square feet) of the sidewalk only, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Subtracting 64 from both sides of the equal sign we get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Dividing both sides of the equal sign by 24 we get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The garden is |