Nicolas is setting up water stations for a 10-mile run. He already has the first one set up 8 miles from the starting line. He n
eeds to set up two more that are 1.5 miles on either side of the first water station. Where will he put the two additional water stations? A number line divided into increments of 1 and labeled 0 through 10. The number 8 is labeled with Nicolas.
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I believe the shorter sides are 5 feet and the longer ones are 10. This is because when you add up the two shorter sides as 10, and the other two as 20, then add them up to 30. That's the perimeter. For the area, you would do 10•5 to get 50 for the area