SOLUTION: Let's say a garden length 3 has a border of 12 tiles. how many tiles would a garden with a 152 tile border have? How many tiles in a border with the garden length 12?

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Question 1029586: Let's say a garden length 3 has a border of 12 tiles. how many tiles would a garden with a 152 tile border have? How many tiles in a border with the garden length 12?
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the ratio proposed in the question is 12:3, then it's the same as 4:1.
Thus 152 tiles is equivalent to a border of 152/4, or 38. And a garden of length 12 requires 12(4), or 48 tiles!!!!!!!