A rectangular garden is three times as long as it iswide. If the area of the gar

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A rectangular garden is three times as long as it iswide. If the area of the garden is 2523 ft2 , findthe length and width of the garden. Possible Answers are:       A. lenth: 29 ft; width: 29/3ft.       B. length: 84 ft; width:28 ft.       C. length: 841 ft; width:3 ft.       D. length: 87 ft; width; 29ft.      A rectangular garden is three times as long as it iswide. If the area of the garden is 2523 ft2 , findthe length and width of the garden. Possible Answers are:       A. lenth: 29 ft; width: 29/3ft.       B. length: 84 ft; width:28 ft.       C. length: 841 ft; width:3 ft.       D. length: 87 ft; width; 29ft.  

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length times width = area 3w times w = 2523 therfore, 3w^2=2523, so divide 2523 by 3, which is 841. Nowtake the square root of 841, which is 29. The width is 29. Multiplyby 3 to get the length, which is 87. Therefore the answer isD

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