SOLUTION: the length of a rectangular garden is 4 yards less than twice the width. the area of the garden is 96 square yards. what is the width of the garden?
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Question 1074673: the length of a rectangular garden is 4 yards less than twice the width. the area of the garden is 96 square yards. what is the width of the garden? Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let w be the width. Then the length is 2w-4. So:
w(2w-4)=96
2w²-4w-96=0
w²-2w-48=0
(w-8)(w+6)=0
w=8 or -6
Throwing out the negative value for w, we get a width of 8 yds, and a length of 12 yds. ☺☺☺☺
