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    Each plant in a garden display costs $0.50 and takes up 9 square inches of space. If a..

    ...gardener has $50? to spend on the display and he wants to make it 4 times as long as it is wide, the garden display should be _____ in. long.

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    Assume X is width, so 4X will be the length: means Area = Width X Length = 4XX

    Now (0.5/90) = (50/4XX) => X = 15;
    Therefore, length 4X = 60 inches

 

 

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