Aunt jane has a vegetable garden that is 10 feet long and 12 feet wide. she wants to expand the garden next year to be able to grow more vegetables, so she plans to extend the length and width each by 1 2/3 feet. what will the area of next years garden be? by what percent with the garden have grown? round to the nearest whole number percent.

Part a) The area of the garden will be

Part b)

Step-by-step explanation:

step 1

Find the area of the original garden

The area is equal to

we have

substitute

step 2

Find the area of the expanded garden

we know that

so

The new area is

Convert to mixed number

step 3

Divide the expanded area by the original area

Convert to percentage

therefore

The percent that the garden has grown is