I REALLY need help on math because I can't understand what my teacher is saying in class.

Here's the question : Sixteen metres of fencing are available to enclose a rectangular garden.

a) represent the area of the garden as a function of the legnth of one side.

b) graph the function

c) what dimensions provide an area greater than 12 m ^2?

Please help me learn how to do this.
I'd appreciate it! =D

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the the width be x
then the width is 8-x

a) Area = x(8-x)
b) graph it
c)
w l Area
1 7 7
2 6 12
3 5 15
4 4 16
5 3 15
6 2 12
7 1 7

mmmmhhh?