theres a rectangular garden thats length is 5ft and width is 4ft if he doubles the

[Kelly]

width,what is the new width? Henry has a rectangular garden whose length is 5 ft and the width is 4 ft. He wants to double the area of his garden, by changing only the width. What is the new width he needs?

[mermeliz]

Either direction doubled will still result in doubling his area (40 Sq feet). So if 4 feet is his "width" then the new "width" will be 8 feet. Now if he doesn't have room in his yard to double the 4 feet to 8 feet, he can double the 5 feet to 10 feet and still end up successfully doubling his gardening area to 40 sq. feet.