Problema Solution
A rectangular garden 16 by 24 m. is to be bordered by a strip of uniform with x meter.So as to double the area.Find x.
Answer provided by our tutors
current area of the garden:
16 * 24 = 384 m
let 'x' represent the width of the border around the garden, then we want the new area to be:
2*384 = (16+x)(24+x)
solving for 'x' we have a positive value of x=8
the border around the garden needs to be 8 meters wide