A garden is 7.75 Feet long and 3.65 feet wide. How many feet of fence is needed to surround the garden

Question

Basic word problem that I don't know how to explain to the person who needs help with it.

Answer 1

To find how many feet of fencing is needed you need to find the perimeter. The formula of perimeter of a rectangle is

Ρerimeter = 2(length + width).

So for this problem,

P = 2(7.75+3.65)

add what is inside the parentheses

P = 2(11.4)

multiply what is left

P = 22.8

22.8 ft of fencing is needed to surround the garden.

Answer 2

This is asking for the perimeter of the garden. You are given the length and width of the garden. We know the parameter is calculated by adding twice the length and twice the width:

 

2(7.75) + 2(3.65) = 22.8 feet.

 

Answer 3

**I am assuming rectangular garden**

 

With this kind of problem, it helps to draw a picture

 

 

___________7.75_______________

|                                                   |

|                                                   |

|  3.65                                          |  3.65

|                                                   |

|                                                   |

|______________________________|

                    7.75

 

the top is 7.75, so the bottom is 7.75 too. The left is 3.65 so the right is too

 

7.75+7.75+3.65+3.65 is the amount of fence needed