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The scale factor would be:
[tex]3\colon5[/tex]2.
Divide each original dimension by 4 and then multiply by 3, as following:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{8ft}{4}\cdot3=6ft \\ \\ \frac{4ft}{4}\cdot3=3ft \end{gathered}[/tex]The smaller garden has a length of 6 ft and a widht of 3 ft