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Thu 9 Dec, 2010 09:06 pm
Determine the dimensions of a rectangular garden which contains six hundred forty-eight square feet if, by making a path three feet wide along one side and end, the area is reduced by one hundred fifty-three square feet.
@polarbear69,
polarbear69 wrote:
Determine the dimensions of a rectangular garden which contains six hundred forty-eight square feet if, by making a path three feet wide along one side and end, the area is reduced by one hundred fifty-three square feet.
Nice garden... How is the soil and light???
@polarbear69,
x times y = 648
3 times x + 3 times (y-3) = 153
substitute and solve the quadratic equation
i'm guessing one side is twice as long as the other
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