A backyard garden is shaped like a rectangle with a perimeter of 240 feet if the length is twice the width what is the width length and the area of the garden

Answer 1

w = width

2w = length (twice width)

perimeter = 2*length + 2*width

perimeter = 2*(2w) + 2*w = 240

4*w + 2*w = 240

6w = 240

w = 40

So the width = 40 feet and the length = 2w = 80 feet

The area = length * width = 40 * 80 = 3200 square feet