Last year, Mr. Petersen’s rectangular garden had a width of 5 meters and an area of 20 square meters. This year, he wants to make the garden three times as long and two times as wide.
a. Solve for the length of last year’s garden using the area formula. Then, draw and label the measurements of this year’s garden.
b. How much area for planting will Mr. Petersen have in the new garden?
c. Last year, Mr. Petersen had a fence all the way around his garden. He can reuse all of the fence he had around the garden last year, but he needs to buy more fencing to go around this year’s garden. How many more meters of fencing is needed for this year’s garden than last year’s?
The slide is separated into three sections (a, b, and c) please make sure to work in the correct section for each of the three parts.