Question

A gardener wants to use 62 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular shaped garden. If its length is 4 feet longer than twice its width, find the width of the garden.

Answer 1

let the width be w

then the length is 2w + 4

so putting the information on a diagram



you know the sum of all the sides is 62 ft.

form an equation and solve for w, the width

Answer 2

so is 9 the result right?

Answer 3

thats it, well done

Answer 4

thank you very much