Question

A park has a rectangular playground area that has a length of 66 feet and a width of 42 feet . The park department has 75 yards of facing material.is there enough fencing material to enclose the playground area

Answer 1

We first need to know how much fencing would be needed. We can get this from the perimiter of the playground, knowing that it is a rectangle:

$P=2(l+w)=2(66+42)=2(108)=216'$

then we need to convert to yards to compare to the avialble fencing:

$216' \times \frac{1yd}{3ft} = 72yards$

and since 72yd<75yd, yes there is enough fencing.