nya is building a garden in her backyard she has 24 feet of fencing for her garden and wants it to be in the shape of a rectangle with a length of 3 feet what does the width need to be for this to work

Answer 1

To find the width of the garden, we can use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle, which is given by:

Perimeter = 2(length) + 2(width)

Given that the length of the garden is 3 feet and the total fencing available is 24 feet, we can substitute these values into the formula:

24 = 2(3) + 2(width)

Simplifying this equation:

24 = 6 + 2(width)

Subtracting 6 from both sides:

18 = 2(width)

Now, we can solve for the width by dividing both sides of the equation by 2:

width = 18/2 = 9

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