Ask a New Question

Question

A vegetable gardener has a tilled piece of soil that measures 6 yards by 12 yards. She wants to put a border of marigolds of the same width within the four sides and leave an area of 40 square yards for vegetables. How wide can the border be?
3 years ago

Answers

oobleck
the area of the border is the total area less the vegetable area, so
if the border has width x, then you need
6*12 - (6-2x)(12-2x) = 40
now just solve for x as usual
3 years ago

Related Questions

I won't be on here till tom. morning, so please before then check my posts. Good Night. Please help I was up till 2am trying to figure this out last night, Thanks The top selling Red and... a survvey of vegetable gardeners showed the following: 69 grew tomatoes 25 grew cucumbers 30 gr... i got till 10.5 litres how does one get till 847.6 Till now, there have been no COVID-19 cases identified in the country XYZ. Scientists and researcher... till its blood is red on the cruel bar How does the phrase “till their souls sickened at the very word” in paragraph 24 affect the reader’s... improve this till it would be expectable, and seems like its from a 7th grader We should try to... But, till men become attentive to the duty of a father, it is vain to expect women to spend that tim... JUST TILL ME!!! How much is a 2$ bill worth
Ask a New Question
Archives Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use