The perimeter of a garden is 62 yd and the area is 120yd^2, how do you find the dimensions?

1 Answer
Sep 23, 2015

I found 4.5ydand26.5yd

Explanation:

I supposed that you had a rectangular garden:
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So:
62=2x+2y
120=xy

From the second: x=120y substituted into the first:
62=2120y+2y rearranging:
2y262y+240=0
Using the Quadratic Formula:
y1,2=62±384419204=62±19244
You get two solutions:
y1=4.534
y2=26.466
We can choose the first, y=4.5344.5, to get x=26.46626.5 (or viceversa).