Question

Cristian is building a rectangular garden in his backyard. The width of the garden is set at 29 inches. He wants the fence to be 5 inches longer than the garden on each side. If he wants the area enclosed by the fence to be 2028 square inches, how long should the garden be?

Answer 1

The length of the garden should be
`42\ in`

Explanation:

Let

x------> the length side of the garden

we know that

The area enclosed by the fence is equal to

`2,028=(29+5+5)(x+5+5)\\2,208=(39)(x+10)\\39x+390=2,028\\39x=2,028-390\\39x=1,638\\x=42\ in`