Bernie is creating a rectangular garden plot, and he wants it to have an area of 39 square meters. The length of one side x of such a garden plot is inversely proportional to the length of an adjacent side y. If the length of one side is 3 meters, what is the length of an adjacent side?

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anonymous · Answer

@Yahoo!  would I use the same type of equation to solve this?

anonymous · Answer

Lol....It is completely Differnt Topic.. Do u knw Hw to find the Area of Rectangle

anonymous · Answer

To be Specific Try to Draw the Pic u will get it...

anonymous · Answer

They are both for my Algebra II homework. It's inverse proportions

anonymous · Answer

Inversely proportional, say you have x and y. This means that your constant would be xy.

anonymous · Answer

So how would I put that into a formula to solve the problem?

anonymous · Answer

Lol....A Problem Can be Done in many ways....) Previous Problem was Based on Chemistry.."States of Matter"

anonymous · Answer

The area of a rectangle is with times height. And you want to include your inverse proportions... see it yet? If not, draw it out.

anonymous · Answer

$$Area (Rect) = L*B$$

anonymous · Answer

I hopw nw u can solve

anonymous · Answer

*width times height  , or what yahoo! said, it's the same thing.

anonymous · Answer

it doesn't but thank you both..