A rectangular garden covers 16,000 ft2. Its length is 60 ft longer than its width.

What is the width of the garden

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Armando Larson

Mathematics

8 February, 17:49

A rectangular garden covers 16,000 ft2. Its length is 60 ft longer than its width.

What is the width of the garden

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Donavan Galloway · Answer 1

The width is x

The length is x+60

so x (x+60) = 16000

x^2 + 60x = 16000

x^2 + 60x + 900 = 900+16000

(x+30) ^2 = 16900

x+30 = 130

x = 100

So your answer is 100.

A rectangular garden covers 16,000 ft2. Its length is 60 ft longer than its width.What is the width of the garden

A rectangular garden covers 16,000 ft2. Its length is 60 ft longer than its width.

What is the width of the garden