Question

Matthew filled his garden with 12 cubic feet of organic dirt. The garden is a rectangular prism with a volume where l is length, w is width, and h is depth. If the garden has a depth of 1.5 feet and is 2 feet wide, how long is the garden?

Answer 1

4

Answer 2

so you have

12 = 1.5 x 2 x l

12 = 3l

divide both sides by 3

l = 4

the length is 4 ft