SOLUTION: the length of a rectangular garden is 15 time it's width. You used 160 ft of fencing to surround the garden. How much area do you have for planting?

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Question 804084: the length of a rectangular garden is 15 time it's width. You used 160 ft of fencing to surround the garden. How much area do you have for planting?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, erica65404:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The basicly asks for the area of the rectangle.
w for width
15w for length

We can only assume that the 160 feet of fencing was equivalent to the perimeter of the rectangular garden. 2%28w%2B15w%29=160.
Solve for w. Once found, compute 15%2Aw.

Area is w%2A15w=15w%5E2

Answer by erica65404(394) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L=15W
160=2L%2B2W
plug L=15W into the above equation to find the width.
160=30W%2B2W
W=5
PLug it into L=15W to find the length..
15%2A5=75
L=75
use W and L to find the area5%2A75=375
The answer is 375 feet squared