SOLUTION: One side of the flower garden is 3 times as great as the other. What are the dimensions of the flower garden? Area is 48 square inches.

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Question 1058795: One side of the flower garden is 3 times as great as the other. What are the dimensions of the flower garden? Area is 48 square inches.
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Let x represent the shorter side of the garden.

The longer side is then 3x.

The area is:

length * width = 3x * x = 48

3x^2 = 48

x^2 = 48 / 3

x^2 = 16

x = 4

The shorter side is 4 inches long.

The longer side is 3*4 = 12 inches long.