nya is building a garden she has 24 feet of fencing for her garden and wants it to be in the shape with a length of 3 feet what does the width need to be for this to work
To find the width of the garden, we subtract the length of the fence from the total length of the fence and divide it by 2. This is because the length and width of the rectangular garden will be equal, thus each side will have half of the fence.
Let's denote the width of the garden as x.
Given:
Total length of fence = 24 feet.
Length of the garden = 3 feet.
Total length of fence = 2(length + width)
24 = 2(3 + x)
24 = 6 + 2x
2x = 24 - 6
2x = 18
x = 18/2
x = <<18/2=9>>9
Therefore, the width of the garden needs to be 9 feet.