Question

Ashley is digging for rocks at a geological site. She has 140 meters of rope and 4 stakes to mark off a rectangular area. Which set of dimensions will create a rectangle using all the rope Ashley has with her?

Answer 1

ok consider a rectangle with two sets of equal sides

call one side of a set x

and one side of the other set y

we know she has 140 meters of rope so perimeter of the rectangle = 140

so 2x + 2y= 140

hence X = (140- 2y)/2

the dimensions have to satisfy the above equation