Harry needs to build a fence around his garden, but first he must figure out the dimensions of his garden. The length of his rectangular garden is 6 more than the width, and the area of the garden is 27 m units. Determine the dimensions of Harry's garden?

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Frosty

Mathematics

25 January, 02:17

Harry needs to build a fence around his garden, but first he must figure out the dimensions of his garden. The length of his rectangular garden is 6 more than the width, and the area of the garden is 27 m units. Determine the dimensions of Harry's garden?

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Mariyah Baxter · Answer 1

First, we know L and W are the same number. The in the end the Length is 6 more, therefore we add 6. The equations begins as so

2x+6=27

-6

2x=21

/2

x=10.5

+6

Therefore the Width = 10.5 M

The Length = 16.5 M