Problema Solution
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 feet squared. Write and solve an equation to determine the width of the flower bed, to the nearest tenth of foot. Use w as your variable.
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w = the width of the rectangular flower bed, w>0
2w = the length of the rectangular flower bed
A = 34 ft^2 is the area
Since the area A = width*length we can write:
w*2w = 34
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w = 4.1 ft
The width of the flower bed is 4.1 feet.