If Ms. Callahan has 24 feet of fencing, and she is building a pen, the PERIMETER of the pen must be 24 feet. The perimeter is basically the distance around a figure. The perimeter of a rectangle is equal to length plus width plus length plus width, AKA l+w+l+w, or P=2l+2w. In a rectangle, two pairs of sides are of equal length--so the two lengths and the two widths must be equal.
So, the formula is P=2l+2w. P, the perimeter, is 24, so 24=2l+2w. Let's try some values for l and see what we get for w. If the length is 1, l=1. 24=(2*1)+2w. 24=2+2w. 22=2w. w=11. So if length is 1 foot, width is 11 feet.
What if l=2? 24=(2*2)+2w. 24=4+2w. 2w=20. w=10. If l=2, w=10. And l=3? 24=(2*3)+2w. 24=6+2w. 18=2w. w=9. If l=3, w=9. Do you see a pattern? Every time we add 1 to l, we subtract 1 from w. So if l=4, w=8. If l=5, w=7. If l=6, w=6. Here, we start getting similar answers: if l=7, w=5. If l=8, w=4. Since we already know these values work, it doesn't matter whether we call it length or width. So, our answers are below.
Answer: Ms Callahan can make a pen with a length of 1 foot and a width of 11 feet, a length of 2 feet and a width of 10 feet, a length of 3 feet and a width of 9 feet, a length of 4 feet and a width of 8 feet, a length of 5 feet and a width of 7 feet, or a length of 6 feet and a width of 6 feet.
Answer:
11.27
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
The price of one gallon of gasoline is $3.15
Step-by-step explanation:
If the lady buys 2.4 gallons of gasoline for a total of $7.56, then as the problem suggests, one can find the unknown price of gasoline per gallon (p) by solving the equation for the unknown "p":
2.4 p = 7.56
then divide both sides by 2.4 to isolate the unknown "" on one side of the equal sign:
p = 7.56/2.4
p = $3.15
so this is the price per gallon of gasoline.
2:3:9......added together = 14
2/14 (500) = 1000/14 = 71.43
3/14 (500) = 1500/14 = 107.14
9/14 (500) = 4500/14 = 321.43
I think just a trapezoid no others
Hope I helped, Good luck
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