Question

You decide to plant a bulb garden. You want the length of the rectangular garden to be 3 feet longer than its width. The bulbs that you have will cover 88 square feet. What should the length and the width be?

Answer 1

Sorry I am so late to answer this but the width would be 8ft and the length would be 11ft really hope this helps.

Answer 2

Alright, lets get started.

Suppose the width of the garden is = x

And we know the fact that length of the rectangular garden to be 3 feet longer than its width.

So, the length will be =
`x+3`

So, the area of the garden will be =
`length * width`

area of the garden =
`(x+3)*x`

area of the garden =
`x^2 + 3x`

The area specified for the garden is given 88 square feet. So

`x^2 + 3x = 88`

Subtracting 88 from both sides

`x^2 + 3x - 88 = 88-88`

`x^2 + 3x - 88 = 0`

`(x-8)(x+11)= 0`

Means

x = 8 or x = -11

Negative value of x is not possible, so

x = 8

Means width of the garden = 8 feet

So, length of the garden will be =
`8+3 = 11` feet : Answer

Hope it will help :)