Question

Zayn has a garden that is 86 metres long and x metres wide. He decides to build a fence around the garden. If the perimeter of the garden is 268 m, what is the width? Remember to write the algebraic expression.

Answer 1

Explanation:

the perimeter of a rectangle is

2×length + 2×width

in our case we have

268 = 2×86 + 2x = 172 + 2x

96 = 2x

x = 96/2 = 48 m