Question

What does uniform width mean in a math quadratics word problem?

Answer 1

it simply means that the width is constant

Answer 2

uniform=same/equal >>>> equal/same width
width=width

Answer 3

can you post the wording ?

Answer 4

A garden plot is 4m by 12m has one side along a fence. The area of the garden is to be doubled by digging a border of uniform width on the other three sides. What should the width of the border be?

Answer 5

that means the border (like a sidewalk, for instance) has the same width all the way around

Answer 6

Ok thank you.

Answer 7

do they say if the fence is along the long side or the short side ?

Answer 8

No, what I wrote as the problem is exactly what it says on my sheet.

Answer 9

ya u need to know which side the fence is on, then only you can figure what other three sides have the uniform width

Answer 10

I would assume the fence is along the long side.
can you solve this or do you need help ?

Answer 11

I think I can solve it, thank you guys very much.