Question

Trey's mom planted an 18 feet by 20 feet garden in his back yard. this new garden reduced the area of trey's backyard by 24%. which answer choice best represents the total area of the back yard

Answer 1

Ok so the answer should be 1500 square feet

Answer 2

The garden area is given by:

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We are looking for the backyard area now.

For this, we make the following rule of three:

360 ---------------------> 24%

x -------------------------> 100%

From here, we must clear the value of x.

We have then:

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Answer:

The total area of the back yard is:

`x = 1500 ft ^ 2`