Question

George is building a fence around a rectangular dog run. He is using his house as one side of the run. The area of the dog run will be 240 square feet. The length of the run is 30 feet, and the width is (30 minus x) feet. The diagram below shows his plan.
Recall the formulas for area and perimeter: A = lw and P = 2l + 2w.


A rectangle labeled Dog run has a length of 30 feet and width of (30 minus x) feet.

How many feet of fencing will George need for the dog run?

Answer 1

The length of the fencing needed for the dog run will be 76 feet

What is the length?

The measure of the size of any object or the distance between the two endpoints will be termed the length.

Given that:-

Area of Dog Run = 240

Length of Dog Run = 30

The solution will be done as below:-

Width of Dog Run = 30 - x

Area of Dog Run:  30 * (30 - x) = 240

240 / 30 = 30 - x

8 = 30 - x

x = 24

Width of Dog Run = 8

How many feet of fencing will George need for the dog run?

Perimeter of Dog Run = 2Length + 2Width

Perimeter of Dog Run = (2 * 30) + (2 * 8)

Perimeter of Dog Run = 60 + 16

The perimeter of Dog Run = 76

Therefore the length of the fencing needed for the dog run will be 76 feet

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