you want to use a square section of your yard for a garden. You have at most 52 feet of fencing to surround the garden. write and solve an inequality to represent the possible lengths of each side of the garden.
Math - Dylan, Tuesday, March
4x <= 52
To determine the possible lengths of each side of the garden, we need to consider that a square has all sides of equal length.
Let's assume that each side of the square garden has a length of 'x' feet. Since there are four sides, the total amount of fencing required would be 4 times the length of one side, which equals 4*x.
According to the problem, we have at most 52 feet of fencing available to surround the garden. Therefore, we can write the inequality:
4x ≤ 52
To solve this inequality and find the possible lengths of each side, we need to divide both sides of the equation by 4:
4x/4 ≤ 52/4
This simplifies to:
x ≤ 13
Hence, the possible lengths of each side of the garden should be less than or equal to 13 feet.