Question

1.) A school wants to have a metal gate placed around it. However they only want to cover three sides of the school and they only have 2000 feet of gate. What are the dimensions of the school if the area is 240,000 square feet?
2.) A backyard is in the shape of a rectangle. The distance around the yard is 280 feet and it has an area of 2,400 square feet. What are the dimensions of the yard?

Answer 1

Answer:

I only have an answer to number 2 but the dimensions are 20 and 120.

Step-by-step explanation:

well you can remove the zeroes and factor either the 28 or 24. (I think 24 is the best) so when you factor it you get 2 and 12 because 2 x 12 is 24 and 2 + 2 + 12 + 12 is 28. Then add the zeroes and you have your dimensions. I hope that explanation helped with number 2.