Naya is building a garden in her yard. She has 24 feet of fencing for her garden and once it could be in the shape of a rectangle with the length of 3 feet what does the width need to be for this to work? Would it be 3 feet 9',6' or 4 feet
To find the width of the garden, we need to use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle: P = 2(l + w), where P is the perimeter, l is the length, and w is the width.
From the problem, we know that the length of the garden is 3 feet. We also know that the total length of the fence is 24 feet.
Since the perimeter of the garden is equal to the length of the fence, we can set up the equation:
24 = 2(3 + w)
Simplifying the equation, we have:
24 = 6 + 2w
Subtracting 6 from both sides, we get:
18 = 2w
Dividing both sides by 2, we have:
w = 9
Therefore, the width of the garden needs to be 9 feet.