Jarod is having a problem with rabbits getting into his vegetable garden,
so he decides to fence it in. The length of the garden is 8 feet more than 3
times the width. He needs 64 feet of fencing to do the job. Find the length and width of the garden.

Question

Jarod is having a problem with rabbits getting into his vegetable garden,
so he decides to fence it in. The length of the garden is 8 feet more than 3
times the width. He needs 64 feet of fencing to do the job. Find the length and width of the garden.

anonymous · Answer

Draw a picture.  Label what you know.  What does 64 represent?

anonymous · Answer

represents the perimeter of the garden

anonymous · Answer

So you are adding sides together to get the 64.  It says "8 more than 3 times the width" , so we could say (w)idth is the unknown.  Now label sides.