Question

John has a rectangular-shaped field whose length is 62.5 yards and width is 45.3 yards. The area of the field is ________ square yards. The perimeter of the field is _______ yards.

Answer 1

Area = 2831.25 square yards

Perimeter =215.6 yards

EXPLANATION

The area and perimeter of a rectangular field are found using the formula for finding the area and perimeter of a rectangle respectively.

That means, area of the rectangular field is given by the formula,

$A= l\times w$

We just have to substitute
$l=62.5$ and $w= 45.3$ into the given formula and evaluate.

This implies that;

$A= 62.5\times 45.3$

This gives the area of the rectangular-shaped field to be;

$A= 2831.25$ square yards.

Now for the perimeter, we use the formula

$P=2w +2l$

Or

$P=2(w +l)$

Substituting the values for the length and width gives,

$P=2(62.5+45.3)$

$\Rightarrow P=2(107.8)$

$\Rightarrow P=215.6$

Hence the perimeter of the rectangular shaped field is 215.6 yards.