Question

Owen is designing a rectangular garden whose length is 25 feet he needs to put fencing all around the exterior of the garden and wants to use less than 8 feet of fencing

Answer 1

To enclose the rectangular garden, Owen will need to put fencing along the length of the garden, which is 25 feet, and along the width of the garden. He wants to use less than 8 feet of fencing, so the width of the garden must be less than 8 feet.

The total amount of fencing needed will be equal to the length of the garden plus the width of the garden, multiplied by 2 (since there are two sides to the garden for each of the length and width).

For example, if the width of the garden is 5 feet, the total amount of fencing needed will be 25 + 5 + 25 + 5 = 60 feet, which is less than 8 feet.

So, the width of the garden can be any value less than 8 feet.

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