Question

A garden has the dimensions of 5x4 in feet. The gardener wants to expand her garden to 56 square feet. She wants to add the same distance (x) to each side. What is the value of x. Must show work for credit. *

Answer 1

2 feet

Explanation:

If we were to add the same amount to each dimension then the ratio would be the same, meaning that the length will always be one more than the width. Therefore, the two consecutive numbers that when multiplied equal 56 are 6 and 7.

7 * 6 = 56 square feet

This means that we would be adding 2 feet to each side.