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Becky is growing a garden in her backyard. It is in the shape of a rectangle 6 feet wide by 3 feet long. Her husband said that he can grow the same amount of crop in a third of the space. What are the dimensions of his garden?

User Ahill
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2 feet wide and one foot long you divide each by three and then youll get your answer
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Answer:

Dimensions of the garden will be 2 feet wide and 1 feet long.

Explanation:

Becky is growing a garden in her backyard which is in the shape of a rectangle having dimensions 6 feet wide by 3 feet long.

Now her husband says he can grow the same amount of crop in a third of the space.

That means Becky's garden can be dilated by a scale factor of
(1)/(3) to get the dimensions of the garden of her husband.

Therefore, dimensions of her husband's garden will be

Width =
6* (1)/(3)=2 feet

Length =
3* (1)/(3)=1 feet

So the dimensions of the garden will be 2 feet wide and 1 feet long.

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