Question

Jordan has a garden that is enclosed by a rectangular fence. The perimeter of the garden is 84 feet. The length of one side of fencing is 8 yards. What is the area of Jordan’s garden

Answer 1

Answer:

The area of Jordan’s garden is 272 ft^2

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we are interested in calculating the area of the rectangular garden.

Mathematically;

Area of rectangle = Length * Width

Since we have the length, we can get the width from the perimeter

Let the length be l and width be w

Mathematically;

Perimeter = 2(l + w)

Hence;

84 = 2(l + 8)

divide both sides by 2

84/2 = l + 8

42 = l + 8

l = 42-8

l = 34

The area of the rectangle is thus;

34 * 8 = 272 ft^2