Question

Please answer quick!

The perimeter of a rectangular herb garden is 74 feet. If the length of the garden is 5 feet longer than 3 times its width, what is the garden's width?

Answer 1

8 feet.

Explanation:

plug into missing values

Answer 2

Explanation:

Using perimeter =2(l+b)

74=2(L+B)

From the question

Width(b)=x & length(l)=3x+5

So we have that

74 =2(3x+5+x)

Adding like terms we then have that

74 =2(4x+5)

Opening the bracket gives

74=8x +10

Collecting like terms

8x=74-10

8x= 64

Therefore

X=64/8

X=8feets

The width is 8feets