A rectangular garden 12m long and 10m wide consists of a rectangular lawn boarded with flower beds of the same width round the two longer sides and one of the shorter sides. If the area of the flower bed is half the area of the garden, what is the width of the flower bed???

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anonymous · Answer

i think its 5

anonymous · Answer

how did you work that out?

anonymous · Answer

well i figured the length would be the same, so i figured out what 60/12 is and got 5.... i sugesset u drew it out

anonymous · Answer

that is the problem, I have no idea how to draw it, 

a rectangular lawn boarded with flower beds of the same width round the two longer sides and one of the shorter sides???? CONFUSING.

anonymous · Answer

hmmm yeah i agree

phi · Answer

A rectangular garden 12m long and 10m wide 
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You do know how to draw and label a rectangle.
"boarded with flower beds"  should be "bordered with flower beds"