SOLUTION: Giovanni built a fence around his rectangular shaped pool. The posts are two yards apart, there are four posts along the width and 8 posts along the length, how many post does Giov

Question 430594: Giovanni built a fence around his rectangular shaped pool. The posts are two yards apart, there are four posts along the width and 8 posts along the length, how many post does Giovanni need and what are the dimensions of the fence?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Giovanni needs 2(4)+2(8)-4, or 20 posts (The four corner posts are shared by both length and width posts). The dimensions of the fence are (4*2)yards by (8*2)yards, or 8X16 yards.
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