Brad has a garden with dimensions 12 feet long x 7 feet wide. He wants to enlarge the garden to an area of 119 square feet. How much farther will he need to extend the length of the garden to attain his desired area?
REsponses
3 feet
5 feet
17 feet
12 feet
To find out how much farther Brad needs to extend the length of his garden, we first need to find the current area of the garden. The current dimensions of the garden are 12 feet long x 7 feet wide, so the current area is 12 feet * 7 feet = 84 square feet.
To attain an area of 119 square feet, Brad needs to extend the garden by 119 square feet - 84 square feet = 35 square feet.
Since the width of the garden is already at its desired size, Brad only needs to extend the length of the garden by 35 square feet.
Therefore, Brad needs to extend the garden length by 35 square feet, or 35 feet.
The correct response is 35 feet.