Question

Nya is building a garden in her yard. She has 24 foot of fencing for her garden and wants it to be in 11 shape of a rectangle with a length of 3 foot. What does the width need to be for this to work? (1 point)

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Answer 1

To solve this problem, we need to consider that when building a rectangular garden, the length and width are the sides of the rectangle.

Given that Nya has 24 feet of fencing, we know that the perimeter of the rectangle, which is equal to the sum of all the sides, is 24 feet.

Since the length is given as 3 feet, we can use this information to calculate the width by subtracting the length from the perimeter:

Perimeter = 2 * (length + width)
24 = 2 * (3 + width)

Dividing both sides of the equation by 2, we have:

12 = 3 + width

Subtracting 3 from both sides:

12 - 3 = width

Therefore, the width of the garden needs to be 9 feet for this to work.