Question

@hartnn

Answer 1

Ok the perimeter is 80 ft on the big one and you have 2 sides at 24ft each, this is 48 feet so far, 80ft - 48ft = How many feet?

Answer 2

32 ft

Answer 3

32ft right? So the side you are looking for has to be 32 feet for the perimeter 32 + 24 + 24 to equal 80ft correct?

Answer 4

The smaller garden has 6 for the sides, where the larger has 24 for the sides, this is a 6:24 ratio, this reduces to 3:12 or 1:4 right?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

So what we do is say, the side we have on the large garden that we are comparing is 32ft to the smaller gardens. Or