Old pete’s Garden (A Puzzle)
Old Pete’s Garden
Old Pete was very proud of his garden and was always boasting about how big and how well kept it was. So someone in the club who was getting fed up with his continual boasting. So he said.
“How long is your garden Pete? If all the plants and trees that you say grow in your garden, it must be some size?”
Old Pete thought for a bit then said.
“The first part which is the lawn is 30 feet long; the lawn together with half the flower bed is the same size as the kitchen garden; and the whole flower garden is the same length as the kitchen garden and the lawn together. So work it out.”
I’ll give you the answer on Sunday. Unless you work it out before then???
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Never have been good at math Bill – sorry, I’ll wait for the answer but I’ll hazard a guess that it’s 30 ft long!
AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!, lol
Ask Nemo, He knows everything! haha
take me to long to work that one out i will have to wait too ahhh peggy
the garden is in the kitchen window sill . A very tiny garden eh lol.
mmmmm lets work this out ok
so half flower +lawn =kitchen
kitchen +lawn =floewer
lawn = 30ft.
there fore this + that = this
yes there worked it out Bill for sure lolol ,,good one mac
Gardening I’m not interested in, but math I like.
I’ll assume that there are only 3 areas, lawn, kitchen garden and flower garden(or bed).
a= lawn = 30 ft.
b= flower garden or bed
c= kitchen garden
lawn + 1/2 flower garden = kitchen garden
a + 1/2 b = c , therefore c = a + 1/2 b
flower garden = kitchen garden + lawn
b = c + a , therefore c = b – a
c = c
a + 1/2 b = b – a
a + a = b – 1/2 b
2a = 1/2 b
4a = b
b = 4a = 4 x (30 ft) = 120 ft, The flower garden is 120 ft.
c = b – a = 120 ft -30 ft = 90 ft, The kitchen garden is 90 ft.
Add those 2 gardens together and it gives 210 ft.
David new if anyone could do it you could?
now i was working it out I am sure
didn’t i say that?….hehe mac
So very close davidrv.
But no not right. try again.