SOLUTION: To build a fence around a square garden Lisa and Homer use twelve fence posts which are equally spaced five feet apart. What is the area, in square feet, of their garden?
A.100
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Question 250996: To build a fence around a square garden Lisa and Homer use twelve fence posts which are equally spaced five feet apart. What is the area, in square feet, of their garden?
A.100 B.144 C.200 D.225 E.400
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you place one post on each corner you will use 4
if you place one one each corner and one in the middle you will use 8
if you use one on each corner and two between them you will use 12 posts
if each side therefore has 4 posts then each side is 15 feet wide
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15*15=225
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