Question

Jaden has 188 feet of fencing to make a rectangular garden in his backyard. He wants the length to be 24 feet more than the width.Find the width.

a) on your work, write an equation using the information as it is given above that can be solved to answer the question.

b) Solve

c) The width is ____ feet

Answer 1

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24 + x (length)

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a) 2(24 + x) + 2x = 188

b) Expand, get all the x's on one side and all the numbers simplifed on the other side

2(24 + x) + 2x = 188

48 + 2x + 2x = 188

- 48 -48

4x = 140

x = 35

c) Because x is the width from the diagram, the width is 35 feet.