SOLUTION: the length of a garden is 10 meters and 32 meters of fencing is required to completely enclose it. what is the width?? need a step by step solution so i will know how to do it lat
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Question 845186: the length of a garden is 10 meters and 32 meters of fencing is required to completely enclose it. what is the width?? need a step by step solution so i will know how to do it later Answer by pmesler(52) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! First, start off with the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle.
P = 2L + 2W.
Since we want 32 meters of fencing to surround this garden, 32 ft is the perimeter of the garden. We know that the length of the garden is 10 ft so right away we can plug in the length l with 10 ft.
32 = 2(10) + 2w.
Now, we simply solve for w to find the width.
32 = 20 + 2w
Subtract each side by 20
12 = 2w
Divide each side by 2
6 = w. Therefore the width is 6 ft.
