1. you have a piece of land where you want to grow a garden. you only have 20 yards of fencing to surround the garden. work through the steps below to figure out the maximum space you can create to grow plants. a) you decide to make the width 3 yards. length: yards area: square yards

Since they stated that there is 20 yards of fencing surrounding the garden,

We are safe to assume that 20 yards is the perimeter.

We can find the length by

20 yards - (3yards x 2) = 14 yards
14 yards / 2 = 7 yards

The length would then be 7 yards derived from the formula of a perimeter:

2Length + 2Width = Perimeter.

To find the area, we simply just multiply the Length by its Width like so:

7 yards x 3 yards = 21 yards^2

Answers:

Length = 7 yards
Area = 21 yards^2

Okay so n is going to represent our first number. since the second number of five times greater than n, the second number will be represented as 5n. for us to figure out the two  numbers we need to have  the value of n first. this is going to be done by adding the two numbers together, n and 5n. it can be simplified as 6n, which the problem states is equal to 72. divide 72 by 6n and you can solve for n.  n+5n=726n=72n=(72/6)n=12  now that we know the value of n, we have to multiply 5 times 12 which equals 60. so our two numbers/integers are 12 and 60