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Question 1208739: A landscaper, who just completed a rectangular flodwer garden measuring 6 feet by 10 feet, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a border of uniform width around the garden. If the border is to have a depth of 3 inches, how wide should the border be?
Note: 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet
Let me see.
Area of just the border = (2x + 6)(2x+ 10) - area of garden.
Let x = width of border in feet
Area of the border = [(2x + 6)(2x + 10) - 60]
I must convert 3 inches to feet.
3 inches รท 12 inches = 1/4 feet
Volume = 27 cubic feet
27 = (2x + 6)(2x + 10)(1/4)
Stuck here.... Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, timofer:Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! No, No... You are not stuck.
How to get unstuck:
You forgot to include the subtraction of the 60 square feet.
The work leading up to your equation is mostly good other than that. Make the correction and then solve the equation.
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