document.write( "Question 658870: david currently has a square garden. He wants to redesign his garden and make it into a rectangle with a length that is 3 feet shorter than twice its width. He says that the perimeter is sixty feet. Find the dimensions in feet of his new garden \n" ); document.write( "
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his garden is now a square with a perimeter of 60 feet.
\n" ); document.write( "this means that each side of the garden is equal to 60/4 = 15 feet.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "he wants to turn it into a rectangular garden whose length is 3 feet shorter than its width.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the width is going to stay the same as it was when the garden was square, then the width will be 15 feet.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2 * 15 feet = 30 feet and 3 feet shorter than that would be 27 feet.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the length of his garden will be 27 feet and the width will be 15 feet.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the perimeter of the new garden is 2 * 27 + 2 * 15 = 54 + 30 = 84 feet.\r
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