Answer:
so basically you're just using variables! There are two ways of saying this problem: The width of the garden is a fourth of the length than the length or the original. In other words, if you drew a rectangle
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W |______| you would label it length and width, or L and W
L
With this new information you could either label it
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1/4L |______| or
L
______
W |______|
4W
and you would still get the same area because you're writing the expression in terms of the other variable in question
So the equivalent expressions would be 4WxW or 1/4LxL
I hope that helps???
sorry if it's wrong that would be my best guess