Question

Jim knows the length of his garden is 12 feet. He knows the area of the garden is 60ft to the 2nd power. What is the width of Jim's garden.

Answer 1

The width of Jim's garden is 5 feet.

Explanation:

Given:

Jim knows the length of his garden is 12 feet.

He knows the area of the garden is 60ft².

Now, to find the width of Jim's garden.

Length = 12 feet.

Area = 60 ft².

Now, putting formula to get the width:

`Area=length* width.`

`60=12* width`

Dividing both sides by 12 we get:

`5=width`

`width= 5\ feet.`

Therefore, the width of Jim's garden is 5 feet.