SOLUTION: What is the perimeter of a rectangle or garden that is 16 units wide and has the same area as a rectangular garden that is 10 units wide and 32 units long?
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Question 1142999: What is the perimeter of a rectangle or garden that is 16 units wide and has the same area as a rectangular garden that is 10 units wide and 32 units long? Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area of the second rectangular garden is
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Area = 10 * 32 = 320 square units
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Let l be the length of the first rectangular garden
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l * 16 = 320
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l = 20
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Perimeter of first rectangle = 2 * 20 + 2 * 16 = 72 units
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