SOLUTION: An architect designs a rectangular flower garden such that the width is exactly (Two-Thirds of the length). If (230 Feet) of antique picket fencing are to be used to enclose the ga

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Question 1135409: An architect designs a rectangular flower garden such that the width is exactly (Two-Thirds of the length). If (230 Feet) of antique picket fencing are to be used to enclose the garden, find the dimensions of the garden.

What is the length of the garden?
What Length of the garden is?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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To avoid using fractions, we can let the length be 3x and the width be 2x.

Then the perimeter (twice length plus twice width) is 10x.

The perimeter is 230 feet, so

10x+=+230
x+=+23

The length is 3x = 3*23 = 69 feet
The width is 2x = 2*23 = 46 feet