Question

5: Answer the questions completely: Jordan has a new puppy. She wants to put a fence around part of her yard to cover an area of 200 square feet. What dimensions (length x width) should she make the rectangular area? What would be the perimeter of this area?

Answer 1

There are many possible solutions to this problem.

Area (A) = Length (L) x width (w)

200 = L x w (any two numbers whose product is 200 is acceptable)

I am going to choose L=20 and w=10, then A = 20 x 10 = 200

Perimeter (P) = 2L + 2w

= 2(20) + 2(10)

= 40 + 20

= 60

Answer: one possible solution is L=20, w=10, P=60