Question

Number 8 is confusing

Answer 1

A landscaper is creating a rectangular flower bed such that the width is half of the length . the area of the flower bed is 34 square feet . write and solve the equation determine the width of the flower bed , to nearest tenth of floor .

Answer :

it says that width is half the length . which also implies that length is double the width . as we shift the 2 from denominator , it gets multiply on RHS

let the length be 2x

and

width be = x

length × breadth = 34

2x × x = 34

2x^2 = 34

${x} = \sqrt{34}$

x = width = 5.8309518948