Question

The gardener is told that he must increase the height of his fences 40% if he wants to keep the deer from jumping in to eat the foliage and blossoms. If the current fence is 2.0 m high, how high will the new fence be?

Answer 1

Answer:2.8 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

The current fence height id 2 m

The gardener is told that he must increase the height of his fence by 40%

so new height is $2+2\times 40$%

$=2+2\times 0.4$

$=2\left ( 1+.4\right )$

$=2\left ( 1.4\right )$

$=2.8 m$