Given dimensions of a rectangular garden are:
length = 2(x+6) feet
width = 3.5x feet
using the distributive property on length we get, length = 2x+12
Perimeter of a rectangle is 2(length+width)
So, P = 2(2x+12+3.5x)
Solving it we get,
P = 2(5.5x +12) ..............adding like terms
P = .............multiplying and adding
P = 11x+24
So, perimeter is 11x+24 feet. This value of fencing will be needed.
First, find the total area of pizza. The area of a rectangle is length times width.
Area = 21 x 36 = 756 sq. inches
Now, we must divide the total area with the largest square possible without any excess. So, we equate the area of the pizza to area of square:
A = s² = 756
s = 6 √21
Hence, the largest piece square possible has a side of 6 inches. Then, we divide the total area of the pizza by the area of each square piece to find the number of pieces;
756/6² = 21
Thus, there would be 21 pieces of 6-in square piece of pizza.
<span> Coefficients are numbers used to multiply a variable.
IN this case, the coefficients are -8, 12 and 5.
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