SOLUTION: You have taken up gardening for relaxation and have decided to fence in your new rectangular shpaed masterpiece. The length of the garden is 4 meters and 32 meters of fencing is re

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Question 492912: You have taken up gardening for relaxation and have decided to fence in your new rectangular shpaed masterpiece. The length of the garden is 4 meters and 32 meters of fencing is required to comepletely enclose it. what is the width of the garden?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let w=width of garden
We are told that the perimeter of the garden is 32 meters and we know that the perimeter equals 2l+2w, so:
2*4+2w=32
2w=32-8
2w=24
w=12 meters
Hope this helps---ptaylor