The length and width of the rectangular garden are 5 feet and 3 feet respectively. The length of fencing required to cover the larger square garden will be 20 feet.
Bryan needs to build a fence around his rectangular vegetable garden.
The length will be 2 feet longer than the width. He uses 16 feet of fencing.
Let x be the width of the garden. So, the length of the garden will be x+2.
The perimeter of the garden is 16 feet.
[tex]p=2(l+b)\\16=2((x+2)+x)\\2x+2=8\\x=3\rm\;feet\it \\l=x+\rm2=5\rm\;feet[/tex]
So, the length and width of the rectangular garden are 5 feet and 3 feet respectively.
Now, he would like to keep the length the same but extend the width of the garden so that it is square.
So, the width should be extended by 2 feet to make it equal to length.
The new garden in square shape will have side equal to 5 feet.
[tex]p=4a\\p=4\times 5\\p=20\rm\; feet[/tex]
Therefore, the length and width of the rectangular garden are 5 feet and 3 feet respectively. The length of fencing required to cover the larger square garden will be 20 feet.
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