Mr. Powell has 96m of wire. He used all of it to fence a square Garden. What is the length of 1 half of the garden?

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Length if one side 24m and the area is 576m2

96÷4 =24
24×24 =576

34cm

78m

To find the length of one half of the garden, we need to first determine the length of one side of the square garden.

Let's assume the length of one side of the square garden is "x" meters.

Since a square has all four sides equal in length, the perimeter of the garden would be equal to the sum of all four sides. Therefore, the perimeter of the garden is 4x.

We know that Mr. Powell used 96 meters of wire to fence the garden, so we can set up the equation:

4x = 96

To find the value of "x," we can divide both sides of the equation by 4:

(4x)/4 = 96/4
x = 24

So, the length of one side of the square garden is 24 meters.

To find the length of one half of the garden, we would divide the length of one side by 2:

Length of 1 half of the garden = 24/2 = 12 meters

Therefore, one half of the garden has a length of 12 meters.