Melissa wants to put a fence around the garden in her back

Last updated: 7/17/2022

Melissa wants to put a fence around the garden in her back yard in San Antonio. Since one side is adjacent to the house, she will only need to fence three sides. There are two long sides and one shorter side parallel to the house, and she needs 165 feet of fencing to enclose the garden. The length of the long side is 5 feet less than two times the length of the short side. Write an equation for L, the length of the long side, in terms of S, the length of the short side. L = Find the dimensions of the sides of the fence.