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Jenny is building a rectangular garden around a tree in her yard. The southwest corner of the garden will be 2 feet south and 3 feet west of the tree. The northeast corner of the garden is 1 foot north and 4 feet east of the tree. What will be the perimeter of Jenny's garden?

10 ft.

20 ft.

21 ft.

25 ft.

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Mathematics

Melina Choi

9 March, 16:05

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Jenny is building a rectangular garden around a tree in her yard. The southwest corner of the garden will be 2 feet south and 3 feet west of the tree. The northeast corner of the garden is 1 foot north and 4 feet east of the tree. What will be the perimeter of Jenny's garden?

10 ft.

20 ft.

21 ft.

25 ft.

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Dana · Answer 1

The answer in here is 20ft and here is how you can get to this answer:

If we place the tree at the origin then we can say that

the bottom-left tree is at (-3,-2)

the top-right tree is at (4,1)

so the base of the rectangle is 7

the height is 3

Taking into account all the details then

perimeter = 2 (7) + 2 (3) = 20

Hope this is good enough for you