Problema Solution
Jarod is having a problem with rabbits getting into his vegetable garden, so decides to fence it in. The length of the garden is 8 feet more than 3 times the width. He needs 64 feet of fencing to do the job. Find the length and width of the garden.
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let 'w' represent the width, then '3w+8' represents the length
perimeter = length of the fencing = 2(l+w), where 'l' and 'w' are length and width
64 = 2(w+3w+8)
solving for 'w' we have w=6
3*6+8 = 26
the width of the garden is 6 feet, the length of the garden is 26 feet