A farmer wishes to grow a rectangular vegetable garden. Since he has with the only barbed wire, he fences three sides of the rectangular garden letting the compound wall of his house act as the fourth side – fence. Find the dimensions of his garden.
Step 1: Let's find the value of each sides of the fence in the garden.
Let the length of one side be x metres
Let the length of the other side be y metres
Here one side is a compound wall and 30 m wire is used for fencing.
Area of the vegetable garden =
Step 2: Let's find the dimensions of the garden.
When
When
Therefore, the dimensions of his garden will be or