1. BUILD A FENCE Mrs. Chen wants to build

a fence around her yard so that her

dog, Fluffy, can run free. The yard she

wants to fence is 60 feet by 30 feet. The

fencing is sold by the linear foot, so in

order to figure out how much fencing

she needs, Mrs. Chen needs to know

the perimeter of the yard.

Find the yard's perimeter.

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Mathematics

Keith Gaines

29 August, 08:51

1. BUILD A FENCE Mrs. Chen wants to build

a fence around her yard so that her

dog, Fluffy, can run free. The yard she

wants to fence is 60 feet by 30 feet. The

fencing is sold by the linear foot, so in

order to figure out how much fencing

she needs, Mrs. Chen needs to know

the perimeter of the yard.

Find the yard's perimeter.

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Gilbert Walton · Answer 1

180 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

The perimeter of a geometric figure is the sum of the lengths of its sides. Opposite sides of a rectangle are of equal length, so the perimeter can be figured as twice the sum of the length of adjacent sides:

2 (60 ft + 30 ft) = 180 ft

Mrs. Chen needs 180 feet of fence.