Question

Joseph's parents have planted two gardens. One is square and has an area of 25 ft 2. The other one has two sides equal to 2/3 of one side of the square, and the other two sides equal to 5/2 of one side of the square.

a. Find the dimensions of the other garden. Explain how you found your answer.
b. Find the area of the other garden.

Answer 1

The square root of 25 is 5 so that's one side of the square garden.
5/3 = 1.6 reoccurring. That's the smaller side of the rectangular garden
5 x 2.5 =12.5.
12.5/2 =6.25
So 6.25 x 1.6 reoccurring which is equal to 10.416 (the 6 is reoccurring)